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4 Steps to Make Decisions on the Fly

Lead Change Blog

A recent WSJ article commented on the awkward etiquette of iPad tipping. Daniel Kahneman defined these two ways of thinking in his 2011 book Thinking Fast and Slow. Kahneman describes the fast-thinking experiencing self and a slow-thinking remembered-thinking self, combined in the four-step process below.

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Daniel Kahneman: Beware the “inside view”

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How To Learn From Your Mistakes

LDRLB

Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman popularized the idea that our brain actually thinks in two ways. Kahneman never touched on this overtly, but it’s likely that many of these System 1 decisions—the “snap” judgments—are the ones that turn out to be wrong. System 1 thinking is fast, automatic, and driven by emotions and heuristics.

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3 Things You Need to Control to Succeed as a Leader

Leading Blog

Daniel Kahneman, who won the Nobel Prize for his research on behavioral economics, calls them System 1 and 2. He has over 400 articles and 350 interviews in Fast Company, CBS News, Time, Business Insider, Government Executive, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Inc. Roughly speaking, we have two thinking systems. Magazine , and elsewhere.

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The Compound Effect

CEO Blog

There is another great thinker, Daniel Kahneman, who wrote an outstanding article in the NY times that challenges Blink. In the article he talks about the stock picker and fund managers and the people that manage them.

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Book Recommendations: Some Must-Reads for HR Professionals

HR Digest

This article will look at some of the best HR books for professionals. Thinking, Fast and Slow By Daniel Kahneman. There are many human resources books , but they often focus on specific industries or companies. This makes them less useful to general readers who want to better understand the field.

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What To Ask Your Team Before Acting On Their Recommendation

Eric Jacobson

There's a great article in the June issue of the Harvard Business Review by Daniel Kahneman that includes a 12-question checklist that is designed to unearth cognitive biases of teams making recommendations that leaders take into consideration before they make their decisions.