There's a reason parolees fare better at morning hearings, than in the afternoon. Here's the research behind why, if you're thinking or deciding too much, you won't be able to do either very well.
It might be the most fool-proof argument for ending the disparity between men and women in the boardroom: A new study finds that women just might run a company better.
Howard Stevenson, the HBS professor who defined entrepreneurship, mentored writer Eric Sinoway. After Stevenson nearly died of a heart attack, they decided to make a book of their conversations--including this back and forth on legacy-driven decisions.
Decision making is no longer the province of the all-knowing CEO--it's a continual process built into a company. Read on to learn to leverage the wisdom of your organizational architecture.
The split-second choices you make each day chart your life's trajectory, and your company's future depends on the hundreds or thousands of small decisions your employees make that will help or hurt you, grow or shrink your profits. Here are some new tools to help you make the right choices.
Last month, "Draw Something," the popular mobile game that prompted Zynga to pay $200 million for creator OMGPOP, lost 5 million daily active users. There are a few lessons that can be learned from this by businesses of every type, not just social gaming companies.
Being good, making decisions, thinking long--they sap you of the mental strength to do things like, say, read a long piece on decision fatigue. Here's the condensed primer.
Your brain is constantly trying to betray you, but that's just normal. We ask the author of "You Are Not So Smart" for advice on what to look out for inside our skulls.
