Good Thinking, and Bad: Using the science of cognition to make better decisions - Softcover

Sheedy, KJP

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1999623800 ISBN 13: 9781999623807

Publisher: Navidus Consulting, 2018

Synopsis

“Good Thinking, and Bad” is a mental tool box to enable and empower the reader’s thinking. With a little help, everyone can be smarter and make better decisions. The positive message that underpins the book is that recent meta-cognition discoveries are not just negative ‘thinking fallacies’. Instead they are thinking paradigms which have evolved over millennia. They have at least as many valuable advantages as they do subtle disadvantages. The book features new thinking in the science of meta-cognition (thinking about thinking) which provide insights to enable good thinking. It also teaches us how to spot, and to stop, bad thinking. The book is built around a practical decision-making model which the author has developed. This is based on extensive research and his experience as a senior management consultant. The structure of the book exploits proven education and training techniques to make these interesting ideas digestible and easy to retain. This book is FUN: An entertaining writing style with a treasure trove of anecdotes and fascinating facts keeps the reader engaged. This book is SMART: It examines the meta-cognition research breakthroughs over the last 30 years. In a world where the nerds have the advantage, all the evidence is that good thinking leads to outsize rewards and success. This book is PRACTICAL: Meta-cognition explains how people think in different contexts, but “Good thinking, and Bad” goes a step further by offering practical solutions and easy-to-use tools to deploy these insights every day.

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About the Author

Born in Ireland in 1961, Kieran originally worked as an architect in Dublin and London. Kieran has since built a successful career as a senior management consultant specialising in strategic change. He worked at a senior level in IBM and has been a partner in KPMG Consulting. He is also a serial entrepreneur; setting up a variety of business ranging from restaurants to health care, via property and mobile telephony. Some of these were even successful! He has spent many years studying the latest developments in psychology with a focus on cognition and behavioural economics. This research, his correspondence with some leading thinkers in this field, as well as his new thinking in the important areas of Prospect Theory and Empathy are synthesised into this, his first book. Kieran has a plan to give free copies of this book to as many school libraries as possible and promotes the idea that `thinking about thinking' will eventually become a part of every school's curriculum. Kieran lives in London, a city that he loves for its cosmopolitan energy.

Edition details

• Publisher: Navidus Consulting
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1999623800
• ISBN 13: 9781999623807
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 354