Cognitive distortions, unconscious bias, cognitive bias, implicit bias, logical fallacies: you probably heard most or all of these terms. They can get really confusing if you don’t know the difference ...

At birth, our minds are like blank sponges ready to absorb new information. Then, as we grow up, we may start to let some of what we’ve learned mess with how we take on new information. This is known ...

Day one of the healthcare strategy course I teach in the Stanford Graduate School of Business begins with this question: “Who here receives excellent medical care?” Most of the students raise their ...

We all have cognitive biases — ways in which our thinking can be flawed, skewed, or driven by emotion rather than logic. Our cognitive biases serve a purpose: They develop out of a need to sort ...

When you come across articles about human decision-making, whether in the popular press or scientific literature, the probability is high that the expression "cognitive bias" is likely to be used. In ...

View the high resolution version of today’s graphic by clicking here. The human brain is capable of incredible things, but it’s also extremely flawed at times. Science has shown that we tend to make ...

A cognitive bias is a systematic error in thinking that can cause us to make faulty decisions. As much as we would like to believe our decisions to be logical and ...

The task of being an effective leader is a difficult one. All the real work of organizations gets done through people, individually or collectively, on their own or in collaboration with technology.

Delve into the role of safety technology in tackling cognitive and confirmation biases, uncovering often overlooked workplace risks and fostering a proactive approach to ensuring a safer work ...

Your brain can be your worst enemy in trading. You like to think you’re rational and objective about every decision, but that isn’t true. Here’s the problem: Your attention is limited in an ...