Think twice : harnessing the power of counterintuition / Michael J. Mauboussin.

By:

Mauboussin, Michael J, 1964- [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781422155547

Subject(s):

Decision making

Genre/Form:

Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

HD30 .T456 2009

Online resources:

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Contents:

The outside view : why Big Brown was a bad bet -- Open to options : how your telephone number can influence your decisions -- The expert squeeze : why Netflix knows more than clerks do about your favorite films -- Situational awareness : how accordion music boosts sales of burgundy -- More is different : how bees find the best hives without a real estate agent -- Evidence of circumstance : how outsourcing the Dreamliner became Boeing's nightmare -- Grand ah-whooms : how ten Brits made the Millennium Bridge wobble -- Sorting luck from skill : why investors excel at buying high and selling low -- Time to think twice : how you can change your decision making immediately.

Summary: Leaders in business, medicine, law and government make crucial decisions every day. The harsh truth is that they mismanage many of those choices, even though they have the right intentions. Why is it so hard to make sound decisions? Mauboussin offers powerful rules for avoiding error.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	URL	Status	Barcode
Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	HD30.23 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available	ocn865508341

Includes bibliographies and index.

Smart is as smart does -- The outside view : why Big Brown was a bad bet -- Open to options : how your telephone number can influence your decisions -- The expert squeeze : why Netflix knows more than clerks do about your favorite films -- Situational awareness : how accordion music boosts sales of burgundy -- More is different : how bees find the best hives without a real estate agent -- Evidence of circumstance : how outsourcing the Dreamliner became Boeing's nightmare -- Grand ah-whooms : how ten Brits made the Millennium Bridge wobble -- Sorting luck from skill : why investors excel at buying high and selling low -- Time to think twice : how you can change your decision making immediately.

Leaders in business, medicine, law and government make crucial decisions every day. The harsh truth is that they mismanage many of those choices, even though they have the right intentions. Why is it so hard to make sound decisions? Mauboussin offers powerful rules for avoiding error.

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