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…
Category: Personal Development
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.
The Dangers of Voting Without Thinking
Three thoughts on how to make sure you’re really thinking about thinking about voting…
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…
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?
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…
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…
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…
