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Book Recommendations: Some Must-Reads for HR Professionals

HR Digest

Steve Browne’s goal is to motivate people to pursue a career in human resources. Investing in people is arguably one of the best books to read when looking to take your career to the next level. Thinking, Fast and Slow By Daniel Kahneman. He is also the author of a popular HR blog read by people worldwide.

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Book Recommendations: Some Must-Reads for HR Professionals

HR Digest

Steve Browne’s goal is to motivate people to pursue a career in human resources. Investing in people is arguably one of the best books to read when looking to take your career to the next level. Thinking, Fast and Slow By Daniel Kahneman. He is also the author of a popular HR blog read by people worldwide.

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Why Companies Are Betting Against Big Ideas

Harvard Business Review

This idea of prospect theory, developed by Tversky and Kahneman and reported in a classic 1979 article (for which the Nobel prize was awarded) demonstrated that individuals do not make decisions rationally by selecting options with the highest expected value, because they are risk-averse and 'losses loom larger than gains.'.

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Instinct Can Beat Analytical Thinking

Harvard Business Review

This popular triumph of the “ heuristics and biases ” literature pioneered by psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky has made us aware of flaws that economics long glossed over, and led to interesting innovations in retirement planning and government policy. It’s about figuring out which situations are best for each.