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In high-pressure environments, leaders often hesitate to make bold decisions for fear of failure. But what if the real failure is avoiding the decision altogether? One essential leadership trait is ...

What’s your trigger? I’m not talking about what someone may say that sets you off. Instead, I’m referring to the trigger that sparks an impulse to potentially make a purchase. Interestingly, both ...

We make approximately 35,000 decisions every day, including dozens of tiny and major decisions on what to wear, what to eat, which route to take to work, where to go for lunch, and so on. It's ...

Consensus decision-making fosters collaboration but can slow progress if not managed effectively. Balancing consensus with leadership ensures efficiency without sacrificing inclusivity and engagement.

This post is a review of Choose Wisely: Rationality, Ethics, and the Art of Decision-Making. By Barry Schwartz and Richard Schuldenfrei. Yale University Press. 277 pp. $32.50. Rational Choice Theory ...

A conversation with Stanford GSB professor Ilya Strebulaev on embracing disagreement. Venture capital firms notoriously embrace risk and take big swings, hoping that one startup will become a monster ...