Tag: risk
Free-Range Parenting: An Interview with America’s Worst Mom – Lenore Skenazy
Listen to our podcast on parenting, orthodoxy, fear, and culture (and when you are done, perhaps check out an earlier episode on parenting gifted children here) A few years ago, I took my 7-year-old niece and 6-year-old son to Barnes and Noble. Rather than torture them with the philosophy section, I left them in the […]
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Humans Do Not Understand Risk – Six Costly Mistakes We All Make
Deciding in a risky world In a VUCA world, you need to understand volatility and uncertainty. Yet even CEOs, CFOs and senior business people I work with are ignorant of some of the basics of risk and probability, which can make them the “sucker” in the game. (In poker, we say if you can’t spot the […]
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