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Ian
unbalanced outcomes - www.unthinkablethinking.com unthinkablethinking.com
decision making articles, unbalanced...
Ian
Anna
Employee Engagement Stats – What can leaders do to fix this?
I found some terrifying stats on employee engagement in some recent studies. What can leaders do to engaging their employees? Do you ...
Matt
Does this principle have a name?
Lawrence Gonzales writes about the principle that old actions in a new context do not produce the old result. It's a caution to pay ...
Ian
Puzzle
I would be interested in people's thoughts on the attached diagram. Obviously I cannot give much away at the moment but will post the ...
unthinkablethinking.com unthinkablethinking.com
Ian
Hidden or absent data
Short article on how hidden or absent data affects decision making.
Any other examples greatly appreciated.
hidden or absent data - www.unthinkablethinking.com unthinkablethinking.com
decision making articles, hidden or absent...
Ian
Regression
Article on the regression effect and the regression fallacy.
the regression effect and the regression fallacy -... unthinkablethinking.com
decision making articles, the regression effect and the regression...
Cristina
Hello to everyone! Thinking about the way you take decisions, do you consider yourself more like an intuitive person or more like a...
How could you say it? How could you assess your own decision making style, especially during problem solving? When are you relying on ...
Ian
being average - www.unthinkablethinking.com unthinkablethinking.com
decision making articles, being...
Ian
All in the Mind interview with Daniel Kahneman
Great interview with Daniel Kahneman, one of the key figures in the psychology of Decision making. I of course do not agree with his ...
All in the Mind: 15/11/2011 bbc.co.uk
One of the world's most influential psychologists, Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman.
Ian
The framing effect
The attached article discusses the effect that 'framing' has on our decision making.
Ian
the framing effect - www.unthinkablethinking.com unthinkablethinking.com
the framing...
Ian
Base rates
This article describes some of the ways that we ignore base rates when making decisions.
I would be really interested in hearing any ...
For the mathematically minded unthinkablethinking.com
When making decisions the majority of people tend to ignore the 'base rates'. (A base rate is an underlying probability.) In the following scenario we have a group of people of whom 70% are engineers and 30% are lawyers. You...
Ian
Classical Techniques: Cost Benefit Analysis
This is the last of my series of articles on classical Decision Making techniques.
Unless anyone knows any others?
at it's simplest unthinkablethinking.com
“What ails the truth is that it is mainly uncomfortable, and often dull. The human mind seeks something more amusing, and more caressing.” A very basic cost benefit analysis simply lists all the costs associated with a decision...
Hank
Ian
Unskilled and unaware of it
This is a great summary of the Dunning-Kruger effect passed onto me by a member of another group that I belong to. I read the original ...
The illusion of superiority guardian.co.uk
GrrlScientist: This video provides a brief look at the Dunning-Kruger effect, which is an analysis of incompetence in those people who are not competent enough to even recognise their own...
Ian
Decision Fatique
Interesting article on Decision Fatigue.
Spoilt for choice theaustralian.com.au
THREE men doing time in Israeli prisons recently appeared before a parole board consisting of a judge, a criminologist and a social worker. The three prisoners had completed at least two-thirds of their sentences, but the...
