Cognitive distortions, unconscious bias, cognitive bias, implicit bias, logical fallacies: you probably heard most or all of these terms. They can get really confusing if you don’t know the difference ...
The self-serving bias is defined as people's tendency to attribute positive events to their own character but attribute negative events to external factors. It's a common type of cognitive bias that ...
Falling for the dangerous judgment errors called cognitive biases often costs you an arm and a leg. Yet such serious mistakes happen all the time in business! For instance, one of the biggest ...
Cognitive biases impact how both patients and non-patients think about MS, says columnist Ben Hofmeister, who calls education the best remedy.
Cognitive biases can affect our decision-making and ability to assess risk. This post explores 3 possible cognitive biases in ...
Amanda Montell has come on Marketplace a few times about the cult of work. We talked about why culty workplaces, like Neiman Marcus in the ‘80s, are so effective. We’ve also talked about the downsides ...
Imagine you decide to walk to the park. As you head out the front door, you take a left and walk for about a block. At that point, you realize it would’ve been a faster journey if you would’ve taken a ...
Cognitive biases can have a negative impact on an investor’s ability to make rational decisions, potentially derailing their investment goals. These mental shortcuts and distortions that we make ...
The task of being an effective leader is a difficult one. All the real work of organizations gets done through people, individually or collectively, on their own or in collaboration with technology.
The traditional traffic light system used by chief information security officers (CISOs) to report cyber risks to boards is showing signs of strain. After interviewing more than 10 CISOs across Europe ...