Ovidiu-Andrei Stănică·1 day agoPrinciples I Use to Stay DisciplinedI am an avid advocate of discipline and setting my life in order. I don’t necessarily enjoy being governed by lots of rules, but I know they are absolutely necessary if you’re to walk on a neatly organized path. Principles should transform daily decision-making in a piece-of-cake task. So many…Decision Making5 min readDecision Making5 min read
Shanzy·16 hours agoWhy Do Facts Not Change Our Minds? LIFE LESSONS IN DECISION MAKINGWhy Do Facts Not Change Our Minds? LIFE LESSONS IN DECISION MAKING — “Faced with a choice between changing one’s mind and proving there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy with the proof,” wrote economist J.K. Galbraith. “The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already,”…Decision Making9 min readDecision Making9 min read
Andrew Bychkov·1 day agoIf you hear it, you are already lostThe only way to protect yourself from any propaganda is to force yourself to have no regular access to it. Rationale Audio/video information and text are processed by humans in fundamentally different ways. To process (read and understand/remember) text, you need to make a deliberate effort to read and not be distracted. But no such effort is required to consume audio information. A person lives in the centre of the sound…Decision Making3 min readDecision Making3 min read
Intelligent Enterprise Institute·12 hours agoHow will Augmentation Redefine Human Decision-MakingAugmentation is a process we experience in our day-to-day lives. From whenever we write a text and see recommendations for better diction, to when we are endlessly scrolling through Netflix for a movie we might want to watch. This month, the Intelligent Enterprise Institute investigates how augmentation differs when…Decision Making1 min readDecision Making1 min read
Moiii·23 hours agoMental ModelsWhat? A mental model is a way of understanding something by using the knowledge and experiences that you already have. It’s a simplified representation of something that can help you understand and make predictions about it. For example, if you have a mental model of how a car works, you…Decision Making2 min readDecision Making2 min read
Paakwesi·1 day agoThe Ethics of AI in Decision MakingAs AI technology continues to advance, more and more organizations are turning to AI algorithms to make important decisions. From hiring processes to criminal justice, the use of AI in decision making has the potential to provide many benefits, including increased efficiency and objectivity. …Decision Making2 min readDecision Making2 min read
Nina Sophie Pejsa·2 days ago𝗜𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀Thoughts on intuition by some of the greatest minds of the past 100 years: “The only real valuable thing is intuition.” — Albert Einstein “All of my best decisions in business and in life have been made with heart, intuition, guts, and not analysis.” — Jeff Bezos ” I rely…Decision Making2 min readDecision Making2 min read
Lison Mage·22 hours agoMember-onlyWhat’s The Win-Win Answer To Quiet Quitting?I received an interesting inquiry from one of my long-time readers, Peter — and I promised a detailed answer. The question piggybacks on my last newsletter’s theme — knowing when quitting is the best decision. With Peter’s agreement and without revealing the full content of the email for privacy reasons…Decision Making5 min readDecision Making5 min read
FS Ndzomga·1 day agoMember-onlyWhy Do People Make Impulsive Decisions ?Making impulsive decisions can be a common occurrence in our lives. From making a decision to buy something we saw online, to making a snap judgment about someone, impulsiveness is part of our everyday life. …Decision Making2 min readDecision Making2 min read
Strategy People Culture·1 day agoSituational Awareness in Leadership: Reading the Room — Part 1We’ve all encountered people like this: “those guys” who are so wrapped up in what they are doing that they are seemingly unconscious of how their action affects others. The slower driver drifts in front of you on the freeway as you approach, even though, at that moment, you may…Decision Making3 min readDecision Making3 min read