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Tag Archives: decisions
I hate my microwave
I moved last year, which was a lot of work but has ultimately been great. One of the small drawbacks of the kitchen in my new house is that there’s no good space for a microwave, so our only criterion … Continue reading
Four tips for better group decision-making
I’m most of the way through Bruce Feiler’s The Secrets of Happy Families. The book takes the best, recent insights on how groups/organizations perform and applies it to families and raising kids. This results in surprising suggestions like using agile … Continue reading
Act on your gut
By now we know about the power of first impressions (thanks to Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink, among others). We form impressions very quickly (in seconds) and often those impressions have strong predictive power. But the expression “go with your gut” sells … Continue reading
Predictably Irrational
Last week I talked some about the “mental models” we carry around to simplify the world. One of the most powerful, underlying mental models we carry around is about rationality – that people are predominately rational, and that behave (by … Continue reading
What should I do, boss?
A typical email: Dear Boss, Here are all the things going on with this project. And also this. Plus there’s this other thing we need to keep in mind. This too, which is really important. And I’m worried about this. … Continue reading
The third pocket
The next wave in the social investing space is to create a market of socially-oriented investment funds that are neither purely philanthropic nor purely market-based in their return expectations. Put more simply – there’s a belief and an assertion that … Continue reading
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