Gigerenzer’s simple rules
Why simple rules of thumb often outperform complex models
Category : high-performance
Putting psychometrics in perspective
Psychometrics, when used to create awareness and insights about a person’s orientations, is valuable for their development. However, when it is used for assessment it can make selection unreliable
Dan Ariely’s advice for decision making: Understanding our minds
In this interview with Dan Ariely, the author of 'Predictably Irrational' and 'The (Honest) Truth about Dishonesty' discusses our mental frailties and how they can help with our decision making in the modern world
How to be insanely more productive
People like me think ourselves meticulously organised. But sometimes the best laid plans go to waste. How does it happen?
The science of improving your work life
Caroline Webb, author of ‘How to Have a Good Day’ and chief executive of Sevenshift, on what you can do to have a more fulfilling work life
Good coaches listen deep, question hard, challenge status quo
Like in sport, in business too a coach can hold the space and engage a star player to sort out his game when going through a rough patch
Nurturing high performers: Trial by fire
In this extract from chapter 6 of his book, ‘Leveraging Human Capital’, K Ramkumar talks about how challenge, testing, competitiveness and hard confrontation are important attributes of nurturing champions
Emma Seppälä on building positive priorities
Emma Seppälä, author of ‘The Happiness Track’, on the benefits of wellbeing
So why is politics a bad word in organizations?
The ability to influence is a critical skill for achieving objectives in an increasingly complex and results-driven environment
High Performance
There's no such thing as work-life balance
People work all their lives to find peace in their golden years. The more hopeful try to find a balance as they work. Both ideas are flawed
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