Last week, the Duke Student Government held its annual debate for candidates running for student body president and vice president. The presidential candidates had very similar platforms, so the moderator spent most of the debate asking questions about their leadership styles. In a race where ...
No one should be a “Brand Ambassador” for your company or be involved in hiring decisions until the are trained. Feedback and mentoring is required. A lifetime of bad habits isn’t likely to change after one training class. “The world doesn’t owe you a living,” and it most ...
Episode 243: Annie Duke - How To Make Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All The Facts (Thinking In Bets)Annie Duke is a woman who has leveraged her expertise in the science of smart decision making to excel at pursuits as varied as championship poker
Duke argues in her book that framing decisions as “bets” forces a decision maker to think probabilistically. She believes this framing is helpful in reducing the risk that dysfunctional heuristics will interfere with a sound decision making process. I have written ofte...