Posts Tagged ‘leadership’
How to Manage Election Disaster Risk
You can protect your work and life from the significant possibility of an election disaster by treating preparing for this likelihood as insurance
Read MoreWhy Do More Buying Choices Cause Unhappiness?
More buying choices lead to less happiness. To make better shopping decisions, satisfice and limit your options. There is no such thing as the perfect deal, so look for products that are good enough.
Read MoreAre You Missing Vital Information Due to the MUM Effect? (Video and Podcast)
Company cultures and top leaders may unconsciously penalize subordinates who bring them bad news. This dangerous judgment error is called the MUM effect and it creates an atmosphere of secrecy that leads successful companies to stagnate and deteriorate. That’s the key take-away message of this episode of the Wise Decision Maker Show, which describes the danger of missing vital information due to the MUM Effect.
Read MoreNew Survey Gives Insight On Your Shopping Choices
When it comes to shopping, we overestimate our abilities to keep our impulses in check. You can avoid poor shopping choices by developing a host of shopping mental skills.
Read MoreHow to Prevent Conflicts Across Age Divides (Video and Podcast)
In order to prevent conflicts across age divides, organizations need to avoid dangerous judgment errors. That’s the key take-away message of this episode of the Wise Decision Maker Show.
Read MoreThe Deadly Threat of COVID-19 Misinformation in Mainstream Media
Misinformation kills. Failing to vet thoroughly the quality of information from your favorite news source can lead you and those you care about to suffer health disasters, whether regarding COVID-19 or other health risks.
Read MoreThe Trap of Getting Back to Normal in the Pandemic
Your company can survive and thrive in the new abnormal of the pandemic by protecting yourself from mental blindspots such as the normalcy bias.
Read More3 Key Empathy-Based Methods to Uncover the Truth About Your Stakeholders
Using the three social intelligence methods during a stakeholder meeting will help you learn the truth about your stakeholders’ needs, which will empower you to solve their problems and foster stronger relationships with them.
Read More12 Mental Skills to Defeat Cognitive Biases
To avoid decision disasters and defeat cognitive biases, develop the 12 critical skills that cognitive neuroscience and behavioral economics show are needed for mental fitness.
Read MoreThe One Huge Mistake Everybody Makes in COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic Preparation
Official guidelines for COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic preparation assume a wildly optimistic scenario due to dangerous judgment errors known as cognitive biases. You need to instead prepare for a realistic pessimistic scenario.
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