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Category: Personal Development

Personal Development

Posted on September 25, 2015May 11, 2019

The Myths We Need to Survive – Yuval Noah Harari

‘Sapiens’ tackles a few small questions about how the ability to create stories has shaped our prejudices, religious beliefs, and capitalist consumption. So perfect for some light weekend reading…

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Posted on June 4, 2015May 11, 2019

What Sepp Blatter Can Teach Us About Our In-built Biases

What Sepp Blatter can teach us about availability bias, confirmation bias, and paying too much attention to Gary Lineker.

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Posted on May 1, 2015May 11, 2019

The Dangers of Voting Without Thinking

Three thoughts on how to make sure you’re really thinking about thinking about voting…

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Posted on April 16, 2015May 11, 2019

Scarcity by Sendhil Mullainathan & Eldar Shafir

17 reasons why life is great, remembering a time before Google, and making the most of what we’ve got…

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Posted on March 6, 2015May 11, 2019

The News: A User’s Manual by Alain De Botton

Are we addicted to the news? How do we really understand what customers value? And where can I find a historical timeline of people mocking new technologies, only to be proved brilliantly wrong?

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Posted on November 15, 2014May 11, 2019

Deciding How to Decide

Kahneman, Gigeringzer, and Rosling all know how to make better decisions. Here’s my summary of what they say – now you just need to decide to read it…

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Posted on September 7, 2014February 18, 2018

It’s Good to Talk

Good decisions come from understanding a range of perspectives – even if that means talking about topics that you’d really rather avoid, with people you’d really rather ignore…

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Posted on August 2, 2014February 18, 2018

The Made-up Theory of Structured Flexibility

How do you create great experiences for customers, colleagues, and yourself? Have a direction, but give yourself freedom…

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