Michael Mauboussin, chief investment strategist at Legg Mason, wants you to check yourself before you make a decision based on intuition. In his new book, Think Twice: Harnessing the Power of Counterintuition, Mauboussin argues that, when confronted with difficult problems to solve, our brains "revert to simplified patterns" and lead us down decision-making paths that make us more comfortable, even if they are the wrong paths. In this interview with Harvard Business Publishing's Sarah Green, Mauboussin explains why managers need to think "counterintuitively"--and apply measures that force them to evaluate more fully the possible solutions to problems they face:
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12-11-2009 7:26 AM
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Graham Griffith