Think Again, Sydney Finkelstein
Think Again, Sydney Finkelstein
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Think Again
Why Good Leaders Make Bad decisions and How to Keep it from Happening to You

Author: Sydney Finkelstein, Jo Whitehead, Andrew Campbell

Narrator: Walter Dixon

Unabridged: 7 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Gildan Audio

Published: 07/29/2009

Synopsis

Why do smart and experienced leaders make flawed, even catastrophic, decisions? Why do people keep believing they have made the right choice, even with the disastrous result staring them in the face? And how can you be sure you're making the right decision--without the benefit of hindsight? Sydney Finkelstein, Jo Whitehead, and Andrew Campbell show how the usually beneficial processes of the human mind can become traps when we face big decisions. The authors show how the shortcuts our brains have learned to take over millennia of evolution can derail our decision making. Think Again offers a powerful model for making better decisions, describing the key red flags to watch for and detailing the decision-making safeguards we need. Using examples from business, politics, and history, Think Again deconstructs bad decisions, as they unfolded in real time, to show how you can avoid the same fate.

About Sydney Finkelstein

Sydney Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and the director of Tuck’s Center for Leadership. He is a consultant and speaker to senior executives around the globe, as well as an executive coach, focusing on talent development, corporate governance, learning from mistakes, and strategies for growth. He has published eight previous books, including the Wall Street Journal bestseller Why Smart Executives Fail. He is listed in Thinkers50, the world’s most prestigious ranking of leadership gurus.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Paiman Chen on October 30, 2018

Lots of good examples and use of hindsight. Very useful.......more

Goodreads review by Raz on April 05, 2020

By now we know that the human mind is a very complex, imprecise and inconsistent creature. For all its magic and wonder it can be fickle and wrought with flaws when it comes to deciding. In Think Again, the authors give the reader a good refresh on the bias, heuristics and shortcuts the mind takes w......more

Goodreads review by Shhhhh on July 13, 2020

Very good book. Mostly case studies of specific ways that biases and thinking patterns can lead to suboptimal outcomes, with specific remedies. Things like assuming that a company conforms to a pattern you've seen before and ignoring relevant information, having a stake in it that biases your decisi......more

Goodreads review by Ágoston on January 17, 2021

It's clearly a unique book about great leaders making mistakes in decision. To me the most unique part of this book is that some of the leaders mentioned in the book gave even personal accounts on what motivated their decisions. I think this kind of attitude is what people should look for in leaders......more

Goodreads review by Harish on March 25, 2018

Very insightful book on decision making......more

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