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James M. Kerr: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Bob''s blog entries Albert Einstein Bentley University Brilliant Mistakes Brooke Manville James M.

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How to Avoid 3 Big Mistakes About Being Biased

Lead Change Blog

Scientist Peter Senge wrote about how success messes with our ability to reason. Bias mistake #3: Believing that an outlook isn’t biased because the data supports it. We fall victim to confirmation bias, which is seeing only the facts that support our position. We rationalize or deny evidence to the contrary.

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Climbing the Ladder of Inference

You're Not the Boss of Me

It was developed by Chris Argyris and made known in Peter Senge ’s book The Fifth Discipline. In the meantime and on the lighter side, this is what Oscar Wilde thought about assumptions, courtesy of Benny Hill. Thinking about this story, The Ladder of Inference comes to mind. It works something like this: [link].

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Climbing the Ladder of Inference

You're Not the Boss of Me

It was developed by Chris Argyris and made known in Peter Senge ’s book The Fifth Discipline. In the meantime and on the lighter side, this is what Oscar Wilde thought about assumptions, courtesy of Benny Hill. Thinking about this story, The Ladder of Inference comes to mind. It works something like this: [link].

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Climbing the Ladder of Inference

You're Not the Boss of Me

It was developed by Chris Argyris and made known in Peter Senge ’s book The Fifth Discipline. In the meantime and on the lighter side, this is what Oscar Wilde thought about assumptions, courtesy of Benny Hill. Thinking about this story, The Ladder of Inference comes to mind. It works something like this: [link].

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Reading List: What’s on yours?

CO2

The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge. The Intelligent Entrepreneur by Bill Murphy. I was part of an organization once that took its leadership clues from the book of the month. To me, that is not the purpose of reading leadership books.

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