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Think Again: Why Good Leaders Make Bad Decisions and How to Keep it From Happeining to You [NOOK Book]
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Think again, the authors say. They are right. Reading this book will not mean you pursue a mistake-free career. But choosing to read it may be one of your better decisions.
Think Again ends constructively, with feasible safeguard options such as group debate, accountability, governance, and monitoring that protect one from poor choices.
Pt. 1 How Your Brain Makes Decisions 1
1 In the Eye of the Storm 3
2 Pattern Recognition 15
3 Emotional Tagging 31
4 One Plan at a Time 55
Pt. 2 Why Decisions Go Wrong 73
5 Misleading Experiences 75
6 Misleading Prejudgments 89
7 Inappropriate Self-Interest 107
8 Inappropriate Attachments 129
Pt. 3 Red Flags and Safeguards 155
9 Reducing Risks with Safeguards 157
10 Selecting Safeguards 179
11 Leaders Make Good Decisions 199
App. I Database of Cases 205
App. II Database of Safeguards 211
Notes 219
Index 231
Overview
Why do smart and experienced leaders make flawed, even catastrophic, decisions? Why do people keep believing they have made the right choice, even with the disastrous result staring them in the face? And how can you be sure you're making the right decision--without the benefit of hindsight?Sydney Finkelstein, Jo Whitehead, and Andrew Campbell show how the usually beneficial processes of the human mind can become traps when we face big decisions. The authors show how the shortcuts our brains have learned to take over millennia of evolution can derail our decision making. Think Again offers a powerful model for making better decisions, describing the key...