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Confirmation bias can cause bosses to make excessively glowing judgments about people they have invested a lot of time and money in or who they simply find to be likeable or admirable.
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117 |
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…the status quo is the path you’re already on or the way you’ve always done things. The bias is that we have a preference to stick with those decisions, methods, and paths that we’ve already set upon, and a resistance to veering from them into something new or different.
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150 |
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Timed testing is just another example of the bias in our world that favors speed.
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124 |
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…when used improperly, metrics are worse than lies, reinforcing our biases and hiding the real problems in our value streams.
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228 |
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To the degree that it serves us well, we can intentionally cultivate a positive bias to offset our evolutionary bias for the negative.
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149 |
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The confirmation bias is especially glaring in matters of political observation; we see only the positive attributes of our side and the negative attributes of theirs.
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025 |
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Social scientists are finding that once people are aware of their biases, know how they work, and pay mindful attention to them… they have greater power to control them.
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301 |
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How a leader lists their priorities reveals their bias. And their bias will influence the choices they make.
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095 |
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…news coverage that is biased, distorted, or incomplete undermines the capacities of societies to flourish and robs individuals of the capacity to adapt purposively to changing conditions.
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126 |
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As much as we try to focus on pursuing our goals, at heart we are biased to remain alert to shifts – especially abrupt ones – in our environment.
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079 |
