Heuristics Are OK
Psychological heuristics (or mental shortcuts) tend to get a bad rep today. But heuristics are what makes expertise possible. Here's why heuristics aren't as bad as we make them out to be.
Psychological heuristics (or mental shortcuts) tend to get a bad rep today. But heuristics are what makes expertise possible. Here's why heuristics aren't as bad as we make them out to be.
YouTube is the biggest thing to have happened to tacit skill acquisition in the past couple of decades. Here's how to use it.
There are three types of tacit knowledge, all of which 'cannot be captured through words alone'.
Ram Charan's 2001 book on business principles is probably the best concise introduction to how a business works.
Neil Irwin's 2019 book How to Win is a tactical book on career planning in a the face of macro-economic change.
April Dunford's book on product positioning is awesome, and has some overlap with those of us who are interested in positioning an individual career.
Peak is a 2016 book from K. Anders Ericsson, the leading authority on deliberate practice. It covers 30 years of research into the field, but ultimately fails as a practical guide to putting it to practice.
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Much of expertise is tacit: that is, it cannot be captured through words alone. We look at techniques, drawn from the field of Naturalistic Decision Making, designed to acquire the tacit knowledge of experts.
What tacit knowledge is, and why it is the most interesting topic in the study of expertise today.
Actionable books are books that contain techniques or approaches you may apply to your life. Here's how to read them.