Decision Making Psychology with Rory Sutherland
Below are three excerpts from a great interview with Rory Sutherland on decision making psychology. Understanding Human Behavior That attempt to model economic behaviour as though it were Newtonian …
Over-influence from precision/models
Hiring and the Mismatch Problem
“We want to cling to these incredibly outdated and simplistic measures of ability.” — Malcolm Gladwell *** Hiring is difficult and we tend to fall back on antiquated tools that give us a …
Seth Klarman: The Forgotten Lessons of 2008
In this excerpt from his annual letter, investing great Seth Klarman describes 20 lessons from the financial crisis which, he says, “were either never learned or else were immediately forgotten by …
The Mis-Match Problem
In this video, Malcolm Gladwell speaks on the challenge of hiring in the modern world. One of those challenges, the mis-match problem, happens when we use criteria to judge someone for a job that is …