8 Key Steps to Prevent Failure in Implementing Decisions or in Managing Projects and...
To prevent a project or process disaster, imagine that it completely failed. Then, brainstorm all plausible reasons for failure, and generate solutions to these potential problems. Integrate these solutions into your project or process.
To maximize project or process success, envision that it succeeded spectacularly. Brainstorm likely reasons for such success, and generate strategies that would lead to such success. Integrate these strategies into your project or process.
The Pro-Truth Pledge prompts truthful behavior, according to psychology studies
Traditionally, identifying truth in politics comes from mainstream media and its fact checking. A recent Gallup poll, however, showed that only 29 percent of...
When Should You Go With Your Gut in Business Relationships?
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Let’s say you’re interviewing a new applicant for a job and you feel something is off. She says all...
(Dis)Trust in Science: What Can We Do About the Scourge of Misinformation?
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At least 10 US children died and over 400 were sickened after taking homeopathic teething medicine laced...
Does the Starbucks Anti-Bias Training Go Against Human Nature?
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On May 29, over 8,000 Starbucks stores across the US closed their doors for...
How to Avoid Business Disasters with Behavioral Science
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Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica data breach scandal led to a massive fall in the Facebook’s stock price, governments around the world...
Winning At Life…By Not Losing
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by Peter Livingstone
After hearing several references to a 1973 book called Extraordinary Tennis for the Ordinary Player by...
The Truth-Seeker’s Handbook: A Science-Based Guide
How do you know whether something is true? How do you convince others to believe the facts? Research shows that the human mind is...
The Deadly Cost of Censoring the CDC
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Do you want your medical treatment to be based on science? The Trump administration...
How to Talk Politics With Family Over the Holidays
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It’s the holiday season, which means plenty of opportunities for uncomfortable interactions with family members about politics. How can you...