Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2012

The basic concept , first presented by Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman and his partner Amos Tversky in an influential 1979 paper, is that human beings are astonishingly bad at estimating how long it will take to complete tasks. But the basic pattern continues.

Innovation 14

Innovation Planning Kahneman Tversky 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

A 2010 meta-analysis detailed many of the different issues that make divestiture so hard to evaluate consistently. And while luck plays a much bigger role in explaining business success than managers like to believe, as Daniel Kahneman points out, the examples here clearly demonstrate that you can always give luck a helping hand.

Chemicals 8

Chemicals How To Kahneman Reputation 8

Women in the LEAD

OCTOBER 22, 2009

As a leader, co-worker, friend, mom, sister, wife or partner, it also reminds us how important our words and actions can be in influencing someone else's moments and experience: " According to Nobel Prize-winning scientist Daniel Kahneman, we experience approximately 20,000 individual moments in a waking day. Berrett -Koehler ?

Kahneman 60

Kahneman Letter Influence Globalization 60

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2015

Now that the general idea of combining ethics and shopping has become a mainstream concept, there is a developing a backlash against the idea that consumers might effect change through their purchasing habits. This pessimistic stance stems primarily from the lower sales of ethical brands.

Ethics 8

Ethics Marketing Brand Morale 8