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I can't think!: The science of making decisions

and bad choices because the brain region responsible for smart decision making has essentially left ... General item (Cognitive overload, Decision-making, information overload, ...

The Shortlist Daily - admin - 2011-07-19 13:23 - 0 comments

Divided We Fall

the committees and decision-making structures of the party, and it’s actually the antithesis of grassroots ... by centralising party decision-making power and assets with minimal accountability of the MPs. The other view, ... division can be dealt with and inform us in our decision-making and not be a point of resentment or real ...

The Monthly - Sally Neighbour - 2012-03-01 10:55 - 7 comments - 0 attachments

Mindfulness and Leadership. Ellen Langer

decision-making. Ellen Jane Langer is professor of psychology at Harvard University who has studied the illusion of control, decision making, aging and mindfulness theory. She was the first woman ever to be tenured ...

SlowTV - admin - 1970-01-01 10:33 - 2 comments - 0 attachments

How common sense fails

How common sense fails "We are unaware of the myriad hidden biases that shape our decision-making. Experiments show that shoppers are more likely to buy German wine if German music is playing in the background, for instance. We process data in equally ...

The Shortlist Daily - admin - 2011-07-14 15:53 - 0 comments

Prime Minister, Interrupted

about them down the track. “The decision-making style that stood well for the early days of the global ... submission. The consequences for sound decision-making are obvious. “No one faults the Rudd government ... decision-making system that would kick into gear during her regular periods as acting prime minister during ...

The Monthly - Annabel Crabb - 2011-09-19 11:06 - 1 comment - 0 attachments

Read All About It

the decision-making needed to resolve the profit-service conflict was made by a public-spirited individual who had ... decision-making based on fact, not an executive's whim. Edwin Diamond describes, in his Behind ... Business, Communications, Decision-making, Fairfax, Journalism, Memoir, New York Times) ...

The Monthly - Gideon Haigh - 2007-12-18 08:49 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Through the Cracks

years. The postgraduate component is arduous, involving very long hours, life and death decision-making ... Board decision-making, mandatory reporting guidelines, and a separation of disciplinary and impairment ... (through cracks, through cracks) (June 2011, The Monthly Essays, Brain, Decision-making, Malaysia, ...

The Monthly - Tanveer Ahmed - 2011-09-16 16:00 - 1 comment - 0 attachments

Castaway

Fairweather's life of paranoia, irrational decision-making and a sense of crushing isolation. If Fairweather did ... Arts & Letters, SOCIETY, Biography, China, Decision-making, Painting) ...

The Monthly - Sebastian Smee - 2009-11-04 08:32 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Tasmanian Devils

furtive decision-making conversations other than by nodding his  agreement, as if in a trance – though ... Decision-making, Ireland, Werner Herzog) ...

The Monthly - Luke Davies - 2009-11-05 14:05 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Water Under the Bridge

decision-making. Or become the bureaucratic equivalent of Jeffrey Dahmer. Like the irrigators, I welcomed Tony ... figures aggravate raw feelings and distort decision-making. I call Arlene Harriss-Buchan. She ...

The Monthly - Kate Jennings - 2011-10-07 13:05 - 14 comments - 0 attachments

Feeling Lucky

was the first to observe the phenomenon of overconfidence in commercial decision-making :   ... rules of thumb and, above all, stories - narrative-based decision-making beats quantitative evidence ... The Monthly Essays, Barack Obama, Decision-making, Finance, Floods, Gambling, Hedge fund, Psychology, ...

The Monthly - Gideon Haigh - 2010-06-24 15:30 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

The Lone Ranger

of Treasury, Ken Henry, had expressed concerns about the decision-making process. In a speech in February ... heads intimately involved in pre-invasion decision-making, have spoken to me, on condition of anonymity. ... The Monthly Essays, POLITICS, Decision-making, Iran, Iraq, John Howard, Robert Menzies, Terrorism) ...

The Monthly - Brian Toohey - 2011-02-22 15:30 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Cut!

and the state funding-bodies. “The decision-making was more direct between the funding body and the practitioner. And the decision-making boards were dominated by practitioners. Now the federal government has ... Australian Television, Barry Jones, Decision-making, Directors, Finance, Hollywood, Mel Gibson, Neil ...

The Monthly - Peter Craven - 2011-01-14 15:57 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

And You Can Too

is added by How the Politics of Fear, Secrecy and Blind Faith Subvert Wise Decision-Making, Degrade ...

The Monthly - Gideon Haigh - 2010-06-18 12:59 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Patrick McCauley

to a tribal people whose traditional decision-making may be at odds with best practice in a white society, ...

Letters to the Editor - admin - 2007-09-18 12:31 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Mark Smith

of policy; increase the influence of bipartisan representatives and outsiders in decision-making bodies; ...

Letters to the Editor - admin - 2010-05-22 15:31 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Comment

that control should be exercised by the grassroots, and using its ‘consensus decision-making’ process to stymie ...

The Monthly - Mark Aarons - 2011-06-03 11:51 - 29 comments - 0 attachments

State of Tomorrow

passive, leaving decision-making to the neo-liberal economic “experts” (the descendants of the Austrian ...

The Monthly - Robert Manne - 2010-06-05 20:32 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

A Matter of Faith

on transparent decision-making. The wayward minister was made to face the media alongside her chastising leader ...

The Monthly - Jana Wendt - 2011-09-16 16:00 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

No Exit

was disappointed that Blair, burdened by the heavy duties of international diplomacy and economic decision-making ...

The Monthly - Mark Latham - 2010-11-04 12:01 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Barry Carozzi

Haigh's account of the parlous state of decision making regarding ...

Letters to the Editor - admin - 2011-01-14 15:57 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

The Diary of a Maestro

be fraught. Decision-making, especially casting and choosing directors, can be agonising for all concerned. ...

The Monthly - Jana Wendt - 2010-09-02 13:54 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Comment

done this.” The clear-minded decision-making revealed here is far from what Bill Heffernan offensively ...

The Monthly - Julia Baird - 2010-09-30 09:33 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Comment

effective decision-making. And as we were there at the government's pleasure, the government could make ...

The Monthly - Judith Brett - 2010-06-23 17:29 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

The Global Financial Crisis

to multilateral institutions such as the IMF, they should also gain a stronger decision-making voice ...

The Monthly - Kevin Rudd - 2011-10-26 14:14 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

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