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Making Recommendations: 5+2 Principles for Decision-Making

An exploration of seven principles on making recommendations and how to avoid the age-old Cassandra problem.

An exploration of Black Swan Theory from the perspectives of an intel analyst, a master negotiator and former risk analyst Nassim Taleb.

A reflection on Joseph S. Nye’s concepts of hard and soft power in world politics. How can we use them to gauge our own influence?

Join me in revisiting Paul Graham’s Hierarchy of Disagreement. Can it help us survive Twitter? And is name-calling ever okay?

A case study featuring the analytical method of Deception Detection applied to Christopher Nolan’s ‘Interstellar’. Can we outsmart Matt Damon?

An exploration of how to say ‘No’ without feeling guilty. Would I be wrong to assume this is a superpower you’d love to have?

A reflection on five potentially toxic leadership behaviours that may be signs of a toxic workplace. How much slack should you cut your boss?

A reflection on five ways we can reap the hidden benefits of strawmanning, a fallacy from the world of arguing and debating.

A reflection on the counterproductive habit to steal other people’s problems. How can we be helpful without becoming kleptomaniacs?

A reflection on the top 5 intuitive traps, common but hidden barriers to critical thinking. What are they and how can we overcome them?

A reflection on Yak Shaving, the process of doing a seemingly useless task that is nonetheless still connected to achieving your big goal.

A reflection on Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, a metaphor for an event that will in all likelihood definitely maybe happen.

A reflection on Bikeshedding, a phenomenon from the world of business meetings that leads to time being wasted on trivialities.

Is the submarine in the front yard just as fake? What about those fighter jets on our dream property? A primer on satellite image analysis.