March 10, 2022
Why Indecision Is Worth Thinking About
"Our comforting conviction that the world makes sense rests on a secure foundation: our almost unlimited ability to ignore our ignorance." – Daniel Kahneman
Posts categorised with 'Decision Making'
January 19, 2022
Are You a Caterpillar or a Butterfly? – Planning Your Career From Here
My pay dropped significantly, and I had to learn to navigate the world of self-employment. It was scary – but exciting, too, because I was reshaping my career, and using a much wider range of experiences and skills
December 29, 2021
Replace Your New Year Resolutions With a Hope Letter
You can lump people into two distinct groups: those who set New Year resolutions, and those who don't. But, maybe there's a third way
March 11, 2021
My Love-Hate Relationship With Amazon
"Data drives Amazon forward, many of the knock-on effects of its success are not ones that I would have chosen. Yet I keep giving Amazon full consent to use my data." - Jonathan Hancock
September 10, 2020
Beating Prediction, Charting the Future
Big Data is seductive. It promises that if we know enough, our lives will be more efficient. Margaret Heffernan thinks differently.
March 3, 2020
How Do You Cope in an Emergency? – #MTtalk Roundup
How have you looked after yourself and others in emergency situations? And what have you learned in the process?
November 12, 2019
What’s Your Motive? – #MTtalk Roundup
Here's what happened in Friday's #MTtalk Twitter chat – about knowing your own motives, and understanding how they're perceived by others
May 14, 2019
Knowing When to Let Go – #MTtalk Roundup
“Holding on is believing that there’s only a past; letting go is knowing that there’s a future.” ― Daphne Rose Kingma,…
January 3, 2019
Who Said We Can’t Change?
What makes a high performer? Is it hard work and commitment, or a more strategic application of effort? For Marc Effron, it’s all of the…
October 11, 2018
Ethical Leadership and Doing the Right Thing
Have you ever noticed how decisions are so much harder when you try to do the right thing and make an ethical decision, rather than…
August 2, 2018
Your Top Tips for Increasing Your Chances of Promotion
You’ve been working hard for months, putting in the extra hours, and taking on additional tasks. You can see several opportunities for promotion, and you…
July 19, 2018
How to Work Better by Doing Less
Have you ever noticed how differently people work when doing the same task? For example, two colleagues can be both putting together similar…