The Importance of Training and Communication as a Manager

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Time horizons are the base of all of our decisions and regrets. We live in time and we tend to extrapolate whatever's happening right now, all the way into the future. I always think of a great quote from Fruist, which says, it is always thus impelled by a state of mind destined not to last. And that fits in here, I think, because we are temporal creatures. How would you help them to reorient their thinking to make better decisions?

Why is hard work a form of laziness? Why should we be wary of short-term success? How can imagining parallel worlds help us make better decisions? Author, management advisor, and researcher Luca Dellanna joins us to discuss these questions and more!

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Ergodicity: survival is king
Why sample size matters
The two types of competitors
Teaching by signaling
The parallel worlds approach to decision-making
Racing to the bottom
Why working hard can be a form of laziness
The three things managers should prioritize
Why desiring change isn’t enough
Fighting avoidance with actionable small steps
“Mixed values produce mixed results”
Thinking by writing
What Luca has learned from living in multiple countries
Luca as Emperor of the World
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Books Mentioned:

Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder; by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
What Works on Wall Street; by Jim O'Shaughnessy
Ergodicity: Definition, Examples, And Implications, As Simple As Possible; by Luca Dellanna
The Control Heuristic: The Nature of Human Behavior; by Luca Dellanna
100 Truths You Will Learn Too Late; by Luca Dellanna
Tao Te Ching; by Lao Tzu