decisionmaking

Judaism, media literacy and U.S. elections: reflections on the Jewish New Year

Diane Levin
September 30, 2008 11:27

Last night marked the start of the celebration of the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah. In anticipation, several days earlier, I began rereading a book I’d acquired several years ago, Nothing Sacred, a controversial work by media critic Douglas Rushkoff that seeks 21st century meaning in the...

A negotiator walks into a bar: a joke teaches a lesson on problem solving

Diane Levin
September 24, 2008 21:20

A friend recently sent me the following joke: During a visit to a mental asylum, a visitor asked the director how to determine whether or not a patient should be institutionalised. “Well,” said the director, “we fill up a bathtub, then we offer a teaspoon, a teacup and a bucket to...

Judgment call: everyone benefits when decision making is improved

Diane Levin
September 09, 2008 10:15

In a recently published paper, experts in decision making Dolly Chugh, Katherine L. Milkman, and Max Bazerman asked an important question, “How Can Decision Making Be Improved?” (PDF): We propose that the time has come to move the study of biases in judgment and decision making beyond...