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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816192203321

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

1-351-88213-9

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

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