In which we examine a logical extension of the idea that humans are built to learn from stories. If we're so attuned to stories, can we use this to acquire better career skills, and at a faster pace?

If our brains are built to generate and process narrative, then how can we use this insight to grapple with company politics?

Perceptual exposure is a learning technique that uses the brain's ability to pattern match against deep perceptual cues.

A book summary of a 2016 book called Peak which summarised three decades of research into the nature and development of expertise.

I tried reading a book a week last year. Here's what I learnt, what I found surprising, and what I'm taking forwards.

This is the final part of a series of posts [https://commoncog.com/a-framework-for-putting-mental-models-to-practice/] on…

Have you ever tried putting deliberate practice to practice? If you have, it's likely that you'll have noticed just how difficult it is to apply deliberate practice principles to your career. Anyone that tells you otherwise is lying; here's why.

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.