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Do We Hold Algorithms To Higher Standards Than Humans?

The Horizons Tracker

Indeed, the very fact that we are so frequently discussing the ethical development and deployment of artificial intelligence is a clear and distinct advantage that the technology holds over human decision-making. The authors highlight the numerous examples of this that have themselves received considerable publicity in recent years.

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The Surprising Power of Business Experiments

Skip Prichard

Daniel Kahneman. And, as anyone who closely follows simulation and prototyping tools knows, their use has become pervasive in manufacturing businesses, even though companies still grapple with the integration and management issues I wrote about in 2003. We are too willing to reject the belief that much of what we see in life is random.”

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When Human Judgment Works Well, and When it Doesn’t

Harvard Business Review

A number of people noted that Nobel prize-winner Daniel Kahneman’s work, nicely summarized in his 2011 book Thinking Fast and Slow , influenced their thinking a great deal. .” This is true, and what’s amazing is that these are exactly the conditions under which algorithms do better than people. Why is this?

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Crack the Leadership Code

Skip Prichard

Daniel Kahneman. Technology has connected more people in more places at more times than ever before. Here’s a shocking statistic: two-thirds of senior managers can’t name their firm’s top priorities! I recently spoke with him about his work. We’re blind to our blindness. We have very little idea of how little we know.

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Why Western Digital Firms Have Failed in China

Harvard Business Review

The term “digital firms” refers to those companies that from their inception have focused on digital services enabled by the internet and related technologies, including mobile. poor management of relations with Chinese regulators and the government. failure to manage relations effectively with local business partners.

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How to Improve Your Decision-Making Skills

Harvard Business Review

Daniel Kahneman, who won a Nobel Prize in economics for his work on cognitive biases, points out in an HBR article that a team that has fallen in love with its theories may unconsciously ignore or reject contradictory evidence, place too much weight on one piece of data, or make faulty comparisons to another business case that suits its bias.

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Paul J.H. Schoemaker: A second interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Schoemaker is a pioneer in the field of decision sciences, among the first to combine the practical ideas of decision theory, behavioral economics, scenario planning, and risk management into a set of strategic decision-making tools for managers.