More and more people seem to have strong opinions...and seem to be unwilling to consider modifying them under any circumstances. In the political arena this has led to gridlock in Washington combined with a splintering of any semblance of a unified country on many issues. The United States is...
Yangjie Gu, Simona Botti, and David Faro have been investigating how to improve satisfaction with the decisions we make. At first I passed this research by, thinking it was only about buying things. But then it occurred to me, if you think about all decisions as buying decisions, perhaps...
People seem to be confusing opinion with fact much more than they used to. This is affecting both those spouting opinion as fact as well as those unable to differentiate whether what they hear is opinion or fact. It has dire implications since opinion often directly contradicts fact.
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Undoubtedly most of you finished the above quote by filling in the famous misquote of Alice in her talk with Cat in Alice in Wonderland. "If you don't know where you're going, any road will get you there." But this sentence never appears in Alice in Wonderland. The actual idea appears...
Complexity is everywhere. The more complex things become, the fewer of us understand them and the harder it is to come to agreement and reach a decision...or a solution. We overload everything with unending charts and graphs and facts and details and just for good measure throw in anything...
I've sent out my thoughts every Tuesday since beginning this blog. But this morning it happened. When I sat down to write today's post I realized I had nothing to say. Much has happened since I last wrote and I've been thinking about quite a few things, but none of...
We're all obsessed with creative thinking. How can we get people to come up with new ideas, create new products, solve seemingly intractable problems, and even just be a bit better at getting basic tasks done well.
Neuroscientist David Strayer got thinking about just these issues when he realized that...
...which is just about everything. Stop worrying about and putting time and effort into anything that isn't critical to the success of your business. Be tough. Take a step back and really think about what is essential for improving the business.
It's hard to do. We are accustomed to thinking...