You're about to Make a Terrible Mistake!: How Biases Distort Decision-Making and What You Can Do to Fight Them
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Summary
'A masterful introduction to the state of the art in managerial decision-making。 Surprisingly， it is also a pleasure to read' - Daniel Kahneman， author of Thinking， Fast and Slow
A lively， research-based tour of nine common decision-making traps - and practical tools for avoiding them - from a professor of strategic thinking We make decisions all the time。 It's so natural that we hardly stop to think about it。 Yet even the smartest and most experienced among us make frequent and predictable errors。 So， what makes a good decision？ Should we trust our intuitions， and if so， when？ How can we avoid being tripped up by cognitive biases when we are not even aware of them？
You're About to Make a Terrible Mistake！ offers clear and practical advice that distils the latest developments in behavioural economics and cognitive psychology into actionable tools for making clever， effective decisions in business and beyond。
A lively， research-based tour of nine common decision-making traps - and practical tools for avoiding them - from a professor of strategic thinking We make decisions all the time。 It's so natural that we hardly stop to think about it。 Yet even the smartest and most experienced among us make frequent and predictable errors。 So， what makes a good decision？ Should we trust our intuitions， and if so， when？ How can we avoid being tripped up by cognitive biases when we are not even aware of them？
You're About to Make a Terrible Mistake！ offers clear and practical advice that distils the latest developments in behavioural economics and cognitive psychology into actionable tools for making clever， effective decisions in business and beyond。
Reviews
Romain B
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It's an interesting and enjoyable read on decision-making science， and all its related biases。 It's in line with other authors such as Kahneman and Ariely。 It's an interesting and enjoyable read on decision-making science， and all its related biases。 It's in line with other authors such as Kahneman and Ariely。 。。。more
Martí
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Molt bon llibre。 Imprescindible per a decision-makers。 Cada secció s'acaba amb un breu resum clau。 Molt bon llibre。 Imprescindible per a decision-makers。 Cada secció s'acaba amb un breu resum clau。 。。。more
Stephanie
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There’s nothing wrong with this book。 It is a very easy read with some simplified explanations of some relatively complex topics。 There is also nothing new or novel in this book。 Not really worth reading if you’ve already read Nudge， Thinking Fast and Slow etc。
Teresa
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Not only the best management book of the year， but the best management book I have read so far。
Matthew Gregg
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Good ideas backed up with solid examplesHave you ever had a nagging feeling that bad decisions are being made， but can’t quite put your finger on why， or how to make better ones？ This is the book to read。 Olivier doesn’t give a blunt recipe， but instead an insightful look into some reasons how and why bad decisions are made， followed by a range of techniques to combat them。 There’s no magic bullet， but a series of tools to apply to your own experiences。 Arguments by backed up by research and bus Good ideas backed up with solid examplesHave you ever had a nagging feeling that bad decisions are being made， but can’t quite put your finger on why， or how to make better ones？ This is the book to read。 Olivier doesn’t give a blunt recipe， but instead an insightful look into some reasons how and why bad decisions are made， followed by a range of techniques to combat them。 There’s no magic bullet， but a series of tools to apply to your own experiences。 Arguments by backed up by research and business examples。 You have to work through the bad practices before finding the practical techniques in the latter half of the book - but its well worth the enjoyable journey！ 。。。more
Michael
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Fantastic book on the reality of bias in our decision-making。
Patrick Hurley
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Intended Score: 3。75 / 5Overall I really liked this book， especially the first half。 The author divides it into three parts。 The first part essentially goes into a deep dive on a bunch of common biases， what they are， how they manifest， etc。 I absolutely loved this part of the book （5/5）。 The second part begins with a classification of all of these biases into five "families" of biases。 This part was very compelling and interesting to me as well。 After this， the second part sort of meanders into Intended Score: 3。75 / 5Overall I really liked this book， especially the first half。 The author divides it into three parts。 The first part essentially goes into a deep dive on a bunch of common biases， what they are， how they manifest， etc。 I absolutely loved this part of the book （5/5）。 The second part begins with a classification of all of these biases into five "families" of biases。 This part was very compelling and interesting to me as well。 After this， the second part sort of meanders into whether you can de-bias your own judgments， and how you can use "collaboration plus process" to arrive at better decisions。 Overall， this section was still pretty compelling （4/5）。 The third and final section was about creating a "decision architecture" to promote good decision-making。 Something about this section didn't really grab my attention; it was my least favorite of the book （3/5）。 I think what some of it boiled down to is that this part of the book felt like it read more like a BuzzFeed listing of 40 different techniques for improving decision making than it did the rest of the book。 I can see how some people would like it and find it useful， but it just didn't do it for me， especially when compared to how much I enjoyed the rest of the book and the overall trajectory of my reading enjoyment as I went through。Pros: the author does a fantastic job giving lots of real-world examples of biases and techniques to counter biases。 The book is organized well and has excellent flow。 I really enjoy the fact that the author， at the end of each chapter has a figure that is "Topic X in 30 seconds" where he hits the high points and to summarize everything you learned in that chapter。 It's a great way to refocus the reader going forward and make sure the key points are reinforced。 Cons: simply the trajectory of the book as I went through。 I had decreasing enjoyment as I went through， which is a bummer。 However， at least the book started on such a high note that the "low point" was only a 3/5 at the end。 Overall: You could do much much worse in terms of reading a book on cognitive biases。 I would recommend this one for sure。 。。。more
Valay S
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Great book on biases and how they effect decision-making。 Techniques to overcome biases at the organizational level are proposed。 I definitely plan to implement some of these ideas。
Pavol Cobirka
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Easy to read， easy to understand and remember。 Including many important facts， stories and examples。 I really appreciate summaries which helps you to search and find information you need。 I highly recommend this book for everyone dealing with management， business or everyday life :）
Peter Hession
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I didn't enjoy this book as much as I thought I would。 Maybe I found it difficult to accept that， as it explains， there are not any solutions to personal biases。 The only way to combat them is in a group。 The second half of the book describes how to do this in a business setting which， although mildly interesting， is not something relevant to my current situation。 Perhaps others will get more from it than I did。 I didn't enjoy this book as much as I thought I would。 Maybe I found it difficult to accept that， as it explains， there are not any solutions to personal biases。 The only way to combat them is in a group。 The second half of the book describes how to do this in a business setting which， although mildly interesting， is not something relevant to my current situation。 Perhaps others will get more from it than I did。 。。。more
Liudmyla Ohorodnyk
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Коли купувала， очікувала трохи іншого， але， в принципі， як для бізнесу， є чого повчитися。
Oleksander Lysenko
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Як вступ до когнітивістики і поведінкової економіки - чудовий варіянт。 Автор спочатку дає приклади найпоширеніших упереджень， класифікує їх， а потім детально пояснює， як ці упередження побороти。 Найважливіше， що підхід системний і виправданий。 До того ж， наводяться приклади до кожного розділу з життя найвідоміших світових компаній。 Безсумнівно рекомендую。
Jirka
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Really nice wrap-up of various types of biases， how they can influence your decision making and how to avoid them。 Includes appropriate number of real-life examples and stories + quick summaries at the end of each chapter。
Bas van der Veldt
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Vlak voor de kerstvakantie kreeg ik dit boek van mijn collega Mohamed Amri als cadeautje。 Ik mag hem er goed voor bedanken want ik heb erg genoten van het boek terwijl ik het zelf nooit gekocht zou hebben。 Ik heb overigens wel de Nederlandse versie gelezen die "Storing" heet。 Sibony zet allereerst op een leuke manier 9 denkfouten neer waar we als leiders niet aan kunnen ontkomen ook al zouden we het willen。 Ze brengen ons immers ook een manier om door de grote hoeveelheid dagelijkse beslissingen Vlak voor de kerstvakantie kreeg ik dit boek van mijn collega Mohamed Amri als cadeautje。 Ik mag hem er goed voor bedanken want ik heb erg genoten van het boek terwijl ik het zelf nooit gekocht zou hebben。 Ik heb overigens wel de Nederlandse versie gelezen die "Storing" heet。 Sibony zet allereerst op een leuke manier 9 denkfouten neer waar we als leiders niet aan kunnen ontkomen ook al zouden we het willen。 Ze brengen ons immers ook een manier om door de grote hoeveelheid dagelijkse beslissingen te komen。 Ik vind dat ook direct het leukste gedeelte van het boek。 In het 2e gedeelte schrijft hij over de manieren hoe we er toch goed mee om kunnen gaan en geeft hij 40 tips。 Sommige daarvan zijn zeker waardevol en ga ik proberen in de beslisarchitectuur （nieuw woord geleerd van dit boek） van AFAS in te bedden。 。。。more
Junaid Noor
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Must read for those interested in cognitive biasesI thought I did not need to read this book because I had already read Daniel Kahneman’s book and Dan Ariely’s book as well。But what those books did was to scientifically prove the existence of those cognitive biases。 However， those books did not provide good tips on how to deal with the biases in a practical manner。This book by Olivier takes the next step and provides practical steps on how to deal with cognitive biases and provides a blue print Must read for those interested in cognitive biasesI thought I did not need to read this book because I had already read Daniel Kahneman’s book and Dan Ariely’s book as well。But what those books did was to scientifically prove the existence of those cognitive biases。 However， those books did not provide good tips on how to deal with the biases in a practical manner。This book by Olivier takes the next step and provides practical steps on how to deal with cognitive biases and provides a blue print for a decision architecture。Good book for those who are more interested in implementing practical frameworks to fight cognitive biases in the work place as well as improving existing decision architecture of their organisations。 。。。more
Юра Мельник
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Мислення швидке і повільне у скороченому варіанті。 Адаптоване для великих і маленьких компанії， а також просто для командних гравців
Chris Boutté
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I learned about Olivier when I saw he's working on a book with one of my favorite thinkers， Cass Sunstein。 I love books on the psychology of decision making and the cognitive flaws we experience， and this is definitely one of the better ones。 My only issue with the book is no fault of the author， but I've noticed that most of these books have a target audience that's made up of the ultra-wealthy， and a lot of the examples used are to help them make better investment and business decisions。 Again I learned about Olivier when I saw he's working on a book with one of my favorite thinkers， Cass Sunstein。 I love books on the psychology of decision making and the cognitive flaws we experience， and this is definitely one of the better ones。 My only issue with the book is no fault of the author， but I've noticed that most of these books have a target audience that's made up of the ultra-wealthy， and a lot of the examples used are to help them make better investment and business decisions。 Again， no fault of the author for making that his target audience， but I wish more of these books were written for the average person。 。。。more
David
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This is a great book to engage with after reading Daniel Kahneman's Thinking， Fast and Slow。From a business perspective， Olivier illustrates each cognitive bias well。The second half of the book is dedicated to very practical strategies to deal with these biases。Highly-recommended！ This is a great book to engage with after reading Daniel Kahneman's Thinking， Fast and Slow。From a business perspective， Olivier illustrates each cognitive bias well。The second half of the book is dedicated to very practical strategies to deal with these biases。Highly-recommended！ 。。。more
Stephen
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You’re About to Make a Terrible Mistake is a book about why organizations make bad decisions， and how to create processes and environments where we can make better ones， understanding the value of process and collaboration over any specific individual’s leadership。Much of the advice here will seem familiar if you have studied ideas about how we make decisions but the context of strategic decision making is new。 The audience and examples are geared towards strategic business decisions， but this w You’re About to Make a Terrible Mistake is a book about why organizations make bad decisions， and how to create processes and environments where we can make better ones， understanding the value of process and collaboration over any specific individual’s leadership。Much of the advice here will seem familiar if you have studied ideas about how we make decisions but the context of strategic decision making is new。 The audience and examples are geared towards strategic business decisions， but this will give you insight into how you and others make decisions that might not be optimal in all aspects of your life。The advice is obvious and common sense in retrospect， but obvious and common sense doesn’t always mean visible and common。 I’ve come across few groups that follow even the general principles here， much less the entire framework。 Sibony references agile organizations， and while his meaning isn’t the same as “Agile” in the context of software development， If you are familiar with Agile Software Development practices， many of the concepts， and some of the practices may seem familiar。 Agile Retrospective frameworks， for example， follow a process framework that helps teams avoid many of the problematic decision making biases。 A recurring theme in the book is the importance of process and collaboration over any specific individual’s leadership。 In my experience process can make the difference between success and failure for a team， and this book drives the value of process and collaboration home。 And Sibony notes that circumstance plays a role: The same good plan can succeed or fail depending upon factors beyond your control， and the same bad plan might work surprisingly well if one is lucky。 Sibony tells us how to set up processes so that our big strategic decisions factor in these factors so that we have a reasonable sense of risks involved。A key part of a good decision process is the definition and role of a leader。 Sibony points out that much of the advice he presents goes counter to the model of the certain， definitive， action-oriented leader。 For better decisions we need to to step away from that idea。 While final decisions may rest with an individual leader， the process to get there must be collaborative。 The book ends with a summary of the key concepts， and good bibliography， and notes。 You may well find your self finishing this book with a much longer reading list than when you started。Whether you are a senior manager， a team lead， or active in a volunteer organization， the principles in this book will help you create frameworks to enable better decisions。 And as an individual you will gain insight how to understand how others make decisions， as well as how you might think about how you make important decisions。 。。。more
Mohamed Al Sayyah
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كتاب سلس وخفيف، أفضل فصل فيه هو الفصل الأول
Rose
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Ouvrage très intéressant d'économie comportementale。 La lecture est très fluide， beaucoup de recherches （interviews de dirigeants d'entreprise， bibliographie très complète） qui appuient le propos et de nombreux exemples concrets pour illustrer les différents biais et les solutions proposées。 L'ouvrage évoque les biais cognitifs via l'angle de la stratégie d'entreprise en décryptant dans un premier temps les différents "pièges" du raisonnement （et les biais qui y sont liés） qui poussent les décid Ouvrage très intéressant d'économie comportementale。 La lecture est très fluide， beaucoup de recherches （interviews de dirigeants d'entreprise， bibliographie très complète） qui appuient le propos et de nombreux exemples concrets pour illustrer les différents biais et les solutions proposées。 L'ouvrage évoque les biais cognitifs via l'angle de la stratégie d'entreprise en décryptant dans un premier temps les différents "pièges" du raisonnement （et les biais qui y sont liés） qui poussent les décideurs stratégiques à commettre des erreurs。 L'approche dans la suite du livre est intéressante car l'auteur ne propose pas d'essayer d'effacer nos biais （impossible puisqu'ils sont inconscients）， mais plutôt d'en prendre conscience pour mettre en place au sein d'une organisation des structures et approches qui permettent de corriger ces biais autant que possible en s'appuyant sur le collectif。 。。。more
عبدالرحمن عقاب
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يعالج هذا الكتاب آلية اتخاذ القرارات في المؤسسات。 ثلثه الأوّل يتحدث عن الأخطاء المعرفية التي جُبل عليها الإنسان ما يؤثر على صواب قراراته。 ثلثه الثاني يتحدث عن الكيفية التي تتجاوز فيها المؤسسة الوقوع في فخّ هاته الأخطاء。 وما هي الطريقة الأسلم لاتخاذ القرار حين لا يكون الفشل خيارًا。وأما ثلثه الأخير فحمل الرسالة التطبيقية للكتاب。 أي ما يقترحه الكاتب من آليات لاتخاذ القرارات المؤسسية。 وجاء على شكل توصيات وخطوات مقترحة لـ"هندسة" اتخاذ القرار كما يسميها。يعتمد الكتاب بشكل أساسي على أبحاث الاقتصاد السلو يعالج هذا الكتاب آلية اتخاذ القرارات في المؤسسات。 ثلثه الأوّل يتحدث عن الأخطاء المعرفية التي جُبل عليها الإنسان ما يؤثر على صواب قراراته。 ثلثه الثاني يتحدث عن الكيفية التي تتجاوز فيها المؤسسة الوقوع في فخّ هاته الأخطاء。 وما هي الطريقة الأسلم لاتخاذ القرار حين لا يكون الفشل خيارًا。وأما ثلثه الأخير فحمل الرسالة التطبيقية للكتاب。 أي ما يقترحه الكاتب من آليات لاتخاذ القرارات المؤسسية。 وجاء على شكل توصيات وخطوات مقترحة لـ"هندسة" اتخاذ القرار كما يسميها。يعتمد الكتاب بشكل أساسي على أبحاث الاقتصاد السلوكي وعلم النفس المعرفي، وهذا القسم الذي يهمني جدًا من الكتاب。 ولم يحمل لي جديدًا، سوى التقسيم الذي يقترحه للأخطاء المعرفية。 فهو تقسيم جيد ومثير للاهتمام، ويستحق محاولة اختباره والتفكر فيه مليًا。 ويبني الكتاب نصائحه العملية على معارف ونصائح إدارية سابقة، وتأملات خاصة به ولم يثر هذا الجزء اهتمامي。قد يُعاب على الكاتب إسهابه بشرحٍ مملّ في بعض أجزاء الكتاب، لكن يُغفر له ذلك بتلك الملخصات الجيدة التي يجعلها في نهاية كل فصل من فصول الكتاب。 。。。more
Marks54
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This is a business trade book/text focusing on advising readers on how to understand and adapt to the potential influences of cognitive biases on business decisions。 The author is a strategy professor at HEC in France with long prior experience at McKinsey， to some the premier strategy consulting firm。 The intuition is to take the extensive research on biases that is a part of “behavioral decision theory” or “behavioral economics” - typified in the work of Tversky and Kahneman - and show how the This is a business trade book/text focusing on advising readers on how to understand and adapt to the potential influences of cognitive biases on business decisions。 The author is a strategy professor at HEC in France with long prior experience at McKinsey， to some the premier strategy consulting firm。 The intuition is to take the extensive research on biases that is a part of “behavioral decision theory” or “behavioral economics” - typified in the work of Tversky and Kahneman - and show how the findings of this tradition of studies can be applied by senior managers to strategic decision situation。 There are lots of arguments made and many recommendations to readers。 The author is very clear and provides the reader with a quick summing up at the end of each chapter （topic X in 30 seconds）。As; these books go， this one is fairly good。 Sibony is thoughtful and experienced。 He provides up to date arguments that are tied to research。 He provides copious examples of his points as well， so that readers can understand how these occasionally abstract results about things called decisions look like when they appear to managers in real time。 Sibony’s book is especially valuable for its thoroughness in covering biases and his insight that these threats to decisions do not operate independently of each other， but instead show up in clusters in different situations。 Those familiar with this literature will appreciate that the key results come from experiments that are carefully designed to isolate one particular aspect of decisions and choices and which of necessity abstract away from the more common very messy situations faced by managers。 Sibony is also effective at meshing the work on biases with other studies of decision management approaches that have been applied in large firms， for example scenario techniques for planning in the energy business。I am a bit hesitant about a full throated recommendation。 At the risk of oversimplification， many books in this genre start seeming like what some call “Be Smart Management”， characterized by an effort to promote more thorough and more effectively - and hence smarter - decision making， such that by correcting mistakes， readers will become better decision makers and more effective managers。 The problem with “Be Smart Management” is that big decisions are complex and difficult to make。 Much is at risk and it is often difficult to know what are the right decisions to make and the best action steps to take。 You can of course do an “after action review” following a decision， but hindsight does not aid the decision maker when the help is really needed - before the choice needs to be made。Virtually all of these books on decision making seek to simplify what the manager needs to consider so that a good decision can be made without too many mistakes and without taking so much time that the opportunity goes away （“paralysis by analysis”）。 This must involve a simplification what what needs to be considered in the making of a decision。 So the manager trying to make a decision effectively is actually dealing with a simpler world than the rich reality confronting the firm。 Decision frameworks vary by how much they abstract from reality and which information is the focus of attention and which data are collected。The Tversky/Kahneman work focuses on how we simplify - using heuristics - and the problems that arise in doing so， since heuristics lead us to neglect aspects of reality and time frames that may be important for the firm。 The problem is that everyone does this and our decision making heuristics are generally helpful in simplifying certain types of decisions。 It is with those other types of decisions where trying to think as we do every day can lead to gross errors and bad choices。 That is why managers need the advice provided by these books。The problem is how to avoid the process of substituting one set of decision aids for another and how to be sure that the decision making processes for unusual， complex， and important problems are actually being improved。 Each situation is highly idiosyncratic， the people involved are highly fallible， and time pressures loom large。 Strategic decision making does not seem to be a subject that is really amenable to effective treatment by a business trade book， even one as sharp as this one。Towards the end， Professor Sibony rightly moves to an organizational approach to this problem， arguing the need to develop a “decision architecture” within a firm to embody the processes， incentives， and values that are needed。 This comes across as too little， however， especially since the research upon which this book is based is focused on individuals rather than top management teams and organizational designs。Still， this is a generally effective book and is well organized。 The size of sections， the pacing of the text， and the aids for remembering lots of information are all helpful。 This book would also likely go well in conjunction with case studies or even projects。 It is worth reading。 。。。more
Rachel
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This is a solid overview of cognitive biases， broken into short chunks for easy understanding。 The second half of the book does a great job connecting the biases to one another and even showing how to use some of them together to cancel each other out。 I really liked the "in thirty seconds" feature at the end of each chapter， summarizing everything that had been covered in a cheat sheet format。 There are a lot of books on cognitive biases for business leaders， but this is one of the most accessi This is a solid overview of cognitive biases， broken into short chunks for easy understanding。 The second half of the book does a great job connecting the biases to one another and even showing how to use some of them together to cancel each other out。 I really liked the "in thirty seconds" feature at the end of each chapter， summarizing everything that had been covered in a cheat sheet format。 There are a lot of books on cognitive biases for business leaders， but this is one of the most accessible， practical， and fun to read。 Thanks to the publisher for a NetGalley; opinions are my own。 。。。more
Joseph
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I received a digital galley edition of this book from Net Galley in exchange for a fair review。 Let me say， this is an excellent book。 In fact， I would strongly argue that this book is better than Richard Rumelt's， "Good Strategy， Bad Strategy，" that has been highly praised over the past decade as one of the few business strategy books that is worth reading。 The author does a terrific job organizing common decision-making biases in an engaging， well-written way。 He uses both his experience as a I received a digital galley edition of this book from Net Galley in exchange for a fair review。 Let me say， this is an excellent book。 In fact， I would strongly argue that this book is better than Richard Rumelt's， "Good Strategy， Bad Strategy，" that has been highly praised over the past decade as one of the few business strategy books that is worth reading。 The author does a terrific job organizing common decision-making biases in an engaging， well-written way。 He uses both his experience as a consultant and a well-read individual about behavioral economics， behavioral psychology， scholarly work in decision-making and business strategy。 Rather than list the over 100 types of cognitive traps we fall into， he develops an ingenious taxonomy called the five families of biases that he breaks down into a star-like diagram with pattern-recognition biases at the top with action-oriented biases on the left hand point and inertia biases directly opposite and social biases and interest biases on the bottom with connecting lines between the 5 categories that form a star。 This is probably the best classification I have seen in how to organize one's thinking about biases。 He writes engagingly using both relatively known strategic business decisions that companies or political figures faced and some not so well known。 At the end of every chapter is a brief review of the important points that have been explained， which is very well done。There is also sage advice that it's also impossible to completely debias decision-makers， but "methods that change the environment of the decision-maker， instead of her way of reasoning，" so that "the way to improve decisions in an organization is to improve the decision-making practices of the organization。" In the latter part of the book he gives 40 tips on how organizations can do this。 The tips are insightful but I felt that this was the weaker part of the book as each of the tips was only a few paragraphs long and didn't resonate as much as some of the more detailed anecdotes Siboni developed earlier in the book when he was able to more fully develop how unfortunate decisions were made by smart people by mixing analysis with narrative details within the corporate and political domains。 The two most insightful stories to me involved Warren Buffett who was against an executive compensation package but still didn't vote no because he didn't want to "break the harmony of the group，" which demonstrates how difficult it is to resist groupthink。 The second anecdote， which is worth the price of the book in of itself， is how he demonstrates the perils of information cascades。 For example， how an unanimous decision by a group of people may originate from just one impassioned individual。 If a strong-willed proponent of an initiative goes first， perhaps the next person softens or eliminates his or her concerns such that by time everyone weighs in no one wants to be a naysayer and the group adopts a more extreme position because private information wasn't shared。 In other words， what might have been a minority position becomes the majority one。 Yet despite the focus on how strategic decision making can go wrong， early in the book he contrasts the difference between intuitive decision-making and strategic decision making。 He correctly， in my opinion， highlights how firefighters， nurses and others can make the correct intuitive judgement more often than not because the individuals working in this environment have "prolonged practice with clear feedback in a high-validity environment。" These type of decisions are not strategic and therefore we can trust that most of the time we make correct decisions in our daily lives。 Sibony's book should be thought of as a primer for the "relatively rare" times when we face strategic decisions。 I think this book could assist individual's personally and certainly leaders everywhere in how to make thoughtful decisions by setting up a sound decision-making architecture that leads to a better process in making decisions that impacts many lives。 Credit for this wise， terrific book should also go to the translator， Kate Deimling， who does such a masterful job translating Siboni's French it's as if it was written primarily in English。 This book is a must read and is highly recommended。 。。。more
Themightybat
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Very compelling and enriching book about a topic that I thought I already knew quite well。 But the author provides many entertaining examples from his own experience， and structures everything in a very pedagogical manner。 A reference on the topic， and a good book to keep around your office when you have to make big decisions。
Mimee
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Incroyable du début à la fin。 J'ai toujours eu un intérêt particulier pour les biais et la gouvernance et ce livre m'a beaucoup aidé dans ma recherche du système de prise de décision。 J'ai aussi mis en place un système de prise de décision au sein de mon entreprise et après lecture de ce livre， je comprends et réalise les points sur lesquels je vais pouvoir travailler au sein de l'équipe décisionnaire。 Ce livre m'a aussi permis de mettre un pas en avant par rapport à la DAO （decentralized autono Incroyable du début à la fin。 J'ai toujours eu un intérêt particulier pour les biais et la gouvernance et ce livre m'a beaucoup aidé dans ma recherche du système de prise de décision。 J'ai aussi mis en place un système de prise de décision au sein de mon entreprise et après lecture de ce livre， je comprends et réalise les points sur lesquels je vais pouvoir travailler au sein de l'équipe décisionnaire。 Ce livre m'a aussi permis de mettre un pas en avant par rapport à la DAO （decentralized autonomous organization） et de repenser la DAO。 。。。more
عائشة يكن
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I just finished translating this into Arabic。。 I can't wait for it to be published in English and Arabic soon。。 after this pandemic is over！It's an excellent book for leaders， CEOs， entrepreneurs， politicians， Managers ， Business students， and all decision makers。。 I hope Arab readers will enjoy the Arabic version as much as I enjoyed translating it！ I just finished translating this into Arabic。。 I can't wait for it to be published in English and Arabic soon。。 after this pandemic is over！It's an excellent book for leaders， CEOs， entrepreneurs， politicians， Managers ， Business students， and all decision makers。。 I hope Arab readers will enjoy the Arabic version as much as I enjoyed translating it！ 。。。more
Cedric
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