Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Daniel Kahneman, in his book Thinking Fast and Slow , recounts a bit of a planning pickle he and his Israeli Ministry of Education colleagues encountered when estimating how long it would take to complete a high school textbook on judgment and decision making. government! all of these things!),

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Project Kahneman Metrics Budgeting 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2018

When Apple CEO Steve Jobs approached AT&T about partnering on a new kind of mobile phone — a touchscreen computer that would fit in your pocket — Apple had no expertise in the mobile market. Daniel Kahneman, the 2002 Nobel prize laureate and psychologist, has said that if he had a magic wand, he’d eliminate it.

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Stephenson Kahneman CEO Commitment 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

The most punishing innovations, they argued, were the ones that were easy to dismiss at first blush — simple, affordable solutions that took root outside the mainstream market. Capital markets is one explanation. Perhaps the root problem is leadership limitations. That's not to say that there haven't been success stories.

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Innovation Disruptive Innovation Christensen Kahneman 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

Of course, I love whenever we outperform our benchmark or peer group, but the pain of underperforming is much more painful than the pleasure of winning the same amount, a phenomenon studied at length by Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky. That made a huge impact on me.

CEO 8

CEO Tversky Kahneman Travel 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

This popular triumph of the “ heuristics and biases ” literature pioneered by psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky has made us aware of flaws that economics long glossed over, and led to interesting innovations in retirement planning and government policy. It is not, however, the only lens through which to view decision-making.

Uncertainty 10

Uncertainty Kahneman Banking System 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2016

Danny Kahneman said that clearly. The markets are tanking. ” Leadership is never more important than in a moment of uncertainty and complexity. There’s an opportunity here for someone who recognizes this context is ripe for leadership and a strong plan. Not only a focus but the focus. This is our direction.

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Strategy Uncertainty Kahneman Resistance 8