First Friday Book Synopsis

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Here is the February, 2015 New York Times Business Best Sellers list — (a little later in the month than usual). Tony Robbins’ newest is still at the #1 slot. There are a few long-timers: The Power of Habit, Outliers, Thinking, Fast and Slow. Of the ten books on this month’s list, we have presented synopses […].

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Kahneman Power Blog Books 70

First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 11, 2016

Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction Philip Tetlock and Dan Gardner Crown Publishers (2015) How to blend computer-based forecasting and subjective judgment to gain a better sense of what will likely occur Obviously, computers can process, organize, and access more data faster than can human beings.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2012

"You have to deliver $300 million in incremental growth by 2015," the business unit head told the leader of his innovation team. As recounted in Kahneman's recent book, Thinking, Fast and Slow , one study found that the typical homeowner expected their home improvement projects to cost about $19,000.

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Innovation Planning Kahneman Tversky 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2014

Marketing experiments that might have cost hundreds of thousands of dollars in 1995 might cost a couple of hundred dollars in 2015; maybe less. Everyone online can—if they want to make the effort—become an amateur Asch , Skinner , Zimbardo , Pavlov , Ariely , Kahneman and/or Vernon Smith.

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Ethics Zimbardo Explicit Knowledge Kahneman 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Brain science, popularized in Daniel Kahneman’s book , has shown that this type of “slow thinking” is negatively correlated with “fast thinking,” as might be employed when driving a car or solving a simple sum. Schedule unstructured thinking time. Time is a precondition for slow thinking.

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How To CEO Kahneman Armstrong 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Drucker Forum 2015: Managing in the Digital Age. But space for “slow thinking,” in Daniel Kahneman’s term, has been systematically expunged from today’s high-pressure offices. This post is one in a series of perspectives by presenters and participants in the 7th Global Drucker Forum.

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Film Drucker Technology Kahneman 8