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20 Minuten Online: Kritisch und gleichzeitig kreativ mit Risiken umzugehen – das wird von vielen, insbesondere von Menschen in höheren Positionen im Arbeitsalltag verlangt. Vielfach wähnen sich die Betroffenen während des Entscheidungsprozesses am Roulette-Tisch: Rot
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Born This Way
New York Magazine: A few weeks before the 2008 election, Democratic strategists were running out of ideas for how to help Al Franken. His race against incumbent Minnesota senator Norm Coleman was a stubborn one
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Professional Help: 5 Strategies for Creative Problem Solving
The Atlantic: If you’re stuck trying to solve a problem, try the obscure. “There’s a classic obstacle to innovation called functional fixedness, which is the tendency to fixate on the common use of an object
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Are Two Heads Really Better Than One?
Forbes: Group thinking has been a popular topic in behavioral research for a long time, particularly so in the last couple of decades. The judgment of one person can be called into question for a
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The Surprising Benefits of Corporate Disunity
Huffington Post: I love reading accounts of the West Wing’s inner workings, because they are studies in the predictable quirkiness of human psychology. Presidents and their trusted staffs always arrive in the White House with
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Study of the Day: Why Teams Don’t Always Make the Best Decisions
The Atlantic: PROBLEM: Important decisions are often reached when people collaborate. But can confidence in one’s teammates also backfire? METHODOLOGY: University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School researchers Julia A. Minson and Jennifer S. Mueller asked 252
