How to Ask Questions (So Your Boss Doesn't Hate You)
"There is no such thing as a stupid question" is a laudable aphorism. It is also stupid and wrong.
"There is no such thing as a stupid question" is a laudable aphorism. It is also stupid and wrong.
If our brains are built to generate and process narrative, then how can we use this insight to grapple with company politics?
The final part of a framework for putting mental models to practice. Here we attempt to answer a deceptively simple question: when someone gives you advice, how do you evaluate that advice before putting it into practice?
Last week we covered a model for expertise called recognition-primed decision making. This week, we talk about how to use that model to build expertise of your own.
Experts make decisions in ways that are very, very different from conventional decision science models. This makes expertise a lot more important to good decision making than you might think.
Instrumental rationality is the sort of thinking that allows you to achieve your goals. We take a closer look at what decision science says is the 'best' way to pursue this purpose.