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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452574403321

Autore

Thuraisingham Meena

Titolo

The secret life of decisions : how unconscious bias subverts your judgement / / Meena Thuraisingham ; in collaboration with Wolfgang Lehmacher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-23713-X

1-283-85983-1

1-4094-5328-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (214 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LehmacherWolfgang

Disciplina

153.8/3

Soggetti

Decision making

Discrimination - Psychological aspects

Judgment

Leadership

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2013 by Gower Pub.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Introduction; Part I: The Costs of Biased Judgements and Bad Decisions; 1 Thinking About Our Thinking; 2 The Costs of Biased Thinking; Part II: Defying the Myths, Revealing the 'Secrets' and Choosing Wisely; 3 Memories Can Deceive; 4 Experience Can Trap; 5 Optimism Can Cloud; 6 Fear Can Do More Harm; 7 Ambition Can Blind; 8 Attachment Can Lead Astray; 9 Values Can Mislead; 10 Power Can Corrupt; Part III: Developing Best Practice Decision Behaviour; 11 Best Practice Decision Behaviour; 12 The Future of Decision Making; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Secret Life of Decisions exposes the unchallenged myths and distortions that impact our reasoning ability, raising our awareness of the many traps we can fall into. The authors have drawn from decades of work with leaders showing that even the most talented leaders and teams can end up making sub-optimal decisions. This is rarely because they had poor critical thinking faculties but rather because they did not pay enough attention to the often invisible traps hardwired into our



thinking processes, letting through only information that conforms with our current beliefs, mental models and ex

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778860903321

Autore

Newman Barbara <1953->

Titolo

Sister of wisdom : St. Hildegard's theology of the feminine / / Barbara Newman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 1987

ISBN

1-283-30389-2

9786613303899

0-520-92018-X

0-585-11296-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (332 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

230/.2/092

Soggetti

Women - Religious aspects - Christianity - History of doctrines - Middle Ages, 600-1500

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-196) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface (1997) -- Preface (1987) -- 1. "A poor little female" -- 2. The Feminine Divine -- 3. The Woman and the Serpent -- 4. Daughters of Eve -- 5. The Mother of God -- 6. The Bride of Christ -- 7. Sister of Wisdom -- Texts of Hildegard's Poetry -- Bibliography -- Discography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Barbara Newman reintroduces English-speaking readers to an extraordinary and gifted figure of the twelfth-century renaissance. Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) was mystic and writer, musician and preacher, abbess and scientist who used symbolic theology to explore the meaning of her gender within the divine scheme of things. With a new preface, bibliography, and discography, Sister of Wisdom is a landmark book in women's studies, and it will also be welcomed by readers in religion and history.