Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Second, for very large tasks you often do not get feedback on your success until many of the pieces of that project are in place. Even if particular elements of the task appear to be going well, the success of the large-scale project requires integrating all of the specific tasks in a coordinated fashion. You and Your Team Series.

Goal 12

Goal Dunning Project Fashion 12

Mark Sanborn

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Examples: A project leader believes their team can complete a complex project in two months, whereas realistic estimates suggest six. Sunk Cost Fallacy Leaders affected by the sunk cost fallacy continue investing in a project based on the amount already invested, rather than evaluating its future value.

Dunning 86

Dunning Consensus Groupthink Charisma 86

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2014

Others are even gloomier: Trading Economics projects unemployment rates above 6% for the next couple of decades. Using an alternative model for projecting job growth, we see an entirely different scenario, one in which the U.S. For several years, Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp. before the end of 2016.

Trends 8

Trends Dunning Survey Project 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 3, 2016

As Cornell psychologist David Dunning says, “The road to self-insight runs through other people.” That can be difficult when it comes to beliefs to which we’ve become attached, whether it’s a new project idea, an opinion on a longtime vendor, or the assumption that you’re a succinct communicator.

Dunning 8

Dunning Hedge Open-book Course 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

David Dunning and Justin Kruger at Cornell have great research showing that the least competent people often end up in charge because they’re overconfident about their own abilities.). We teach our students about things like power poses – how to appear to be someone with authority – and how to fake it ‘til you make it.

Quality 8

Quality Leadership Dunning Emotional Intelligence 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2013

Execution risk: A wrong execution model or poor execution can make a project run too long and cost too much, leading to a total loss of focus and a reduction in value creation. It also comes from not adequately considering the organization''s energy, skill, and policies to accomplish the project.

Dunning 8

Dunning Project CTO Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2016

Furthermore, the amount of venture capital bears a zero correlation to the amount of startup activity, and is strongly negatively correlated with the presence of mid-market firms ($10 million to $1 billion), which according to a recent Dun and Bradstreet study have created over 90% of jobs since 2008.

Dunning 8

Dunning Policies Long-term Entrepreneur 8