A Good Research Process Makes All the Difference

Here you will find research, news articles and my own writing to complement and augment the AREA Method. It includes articles on perspective taking, cognitive biases, learning and process.

An Effortless Way to Improve Your Memory

Can You Fight Poverty With a Five-Star Hotel? – Cheryl Einhorn

Why We Can’t See What’s Right in Front of Us

Writing Your Way to Happiness

Billy Beane on Making Better Decisions, Challenging Entrenched Thinking, and Avoiding Biases

The Choice Explosion

The Distorting Power of Incentives

The Art of Asking Questions

We Know Why You’re Always Late

Albert Einstein on Sifting the Essential from the Non-Essential

After 25 years studying innovation, here is what I have learned

What Matters More in Decisions: Analysis or Process?

Practice Makes Perfect – And Not Just for Jocks and Musicians

When a Gun Is Not a Gun

Garrett Hardin on the Three Filters Needed to Think About Problems

Eureka? Yes, Eureka!

Why It’s So Hard to Admit You’re Wrong

The Marketplace in Your Brain

How Situations Influence Decisions

How to Cultivate the Art of Serendipity