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Are We Too Impatient to Be Intelligent?
Often, people are aware of the negative consequences of applying this quick fix. But they do it anyway, because the pain of not doing something right away is more urgent, and feels more powerful…
Art Kleiner • The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook: Strategies for Building a Learning Organization
Time-based thinking goes awry when instead of using it to measure reality, you use it to control reality. A classic example is the quarter’s-end push to close more deals, meet the quota, and make your projections. Such pressure is self-focused, not other-focused; it is solitary, not collaborative; and it is quintessentially short-term, not medium-
... See moreCharles H. Green • The Trusted Advisor Fieldbook: A Comprehensive Toolkit for Leading with Trust
But there’s a huge danger here. We are covetous creatures, and grasping at too many things leaves us feeling stressed and inadequate, and constantly wondering whether we’re on the best path. Psychologist Barry Schwartz tells us that a wealth of options has a way of making us less satisfied with our eventual choice. When there are fifty possibilitie... See more
David Cain • Why There’s Never Enough Time
Simon formulated the notion now known as bounded rationality: we cannot possibly measure and assess everything as if we were a computer; we therefore produce, under evolutionary pressures, some shortcuts and distortions. Our knowledge of the world is fundamentally incomplete, so we need to avoid getting into unanticipated trouble. And even if our k
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