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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: We all succumb to our blind spots when making decisions, even George Washington himself.
Chapter 3: Sound decisions come from weighing varied viewpoints gathered from a wide range of people carefully.
Chapter 4: The typical person can’t foresee the future, and experts do even worse at it.
Chapter 5: Future outcomes hinge on unforeseeable converging factors, not always evident from current trends alone.
Chapter 6: Employing red teams aids complex planning and forecasting, even during covert operations.
Chapter 7: Governments apply cost-benefit analysis to decisions, including environmental protection too.
Chapter 8: Linear value modeling supports decisions, no matter if you are human or a machine.
Chapter 9: Mathematical decision-making has limits, yet thoughtful reflection can still carry you a very long way forward.
Description
Farsighted (2018) is concerned with the complexity of decision-making. It demonstrates why decision-making can be so difficult, and how hard it can be to predict the outcome of any given decision. Farsighted also provides some helpful tools that can help anyone make better decisions, despite the difficulties.
Who Should Listen
- Strategists and managers
- Psychologists
- Ditherers who struggle to make decisions