What are some strategies that can help you mitigate cognitive biases and make better decisions?
May 20
31 min
Why do we allow our judgments of one trait of a person (or product or company) to overly influence our judgments of another, unrelated trait of that same person or product or company
May 5
34 min
How do strict and relaxed cultures affect the quality of our decisions? And how can you find the sweet spot between the two, depending on your goals?
Apr 21
34 min
Daniel Kahneman explains why risky propositions tend to look different when you’re already behind.
Apr 7
44 min
Why do we weigh recent events so heavily? And how does this tendency impact important decisions, like whom to vote for or how to conduct medical procedures?
Mar 24
32 min
Why is it that when we see the same statement multiple times, we are more likely to believe it's true?
Mar 10
34 min
In this episode of "What It's Like to Be …," former Choiceology host Dan Heath interviews Chris Ekimoff, a forensic accountant.
Dec 17, 2023
29 min
Friction gets in the way of behavior—and it can become "sludge" when it's used to prevent you from reaching a goal
Oct 22, 2023
37 min
Why do people tend to over-respond to weak signals and under-respond to strong ones?
Oct 8, 2023
37 min
Performances often rise and fall, but how and why do they usually regress to a mean?
Sep 24, 2023
33 min
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