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Making Decisions and Unintended Consequences

Bob Wendover / January 4, 2016

This week, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order requiring local governments to take the homeless off the […]

Bob Wendover / November 27, 2015

It’s no secret that many college students don’t graduate with the critical thinking skills we assume. A 2011 analysis found

Bob Wendover / November 20, 2015

Have you noticed that we’re all making more daily decisions? Between navigating the endless menus on screens, the pop-up distractions,

Bob Wendover / November 13, 2015

There’s a saying about the media that goes, “If it bleeds, it leads.” While this is a rather cynical view

Bob Wendover / November 6, 2015

Perhaps you have seen the 2009 animated Disney movie, Up. A running gag throughout the film is the word “squirrel.”

Bob Wendover / October 30, 2015

One of the big dodges in today’s society is to say, “That’s not fair,” when things don’t go your way.

Bob Wendover / October 9, 2015

I spoke with a retail manager the other day who said, “I agree with the principles in Figure It Out.

Bob Wendover / October 1, 2015

The degree to which ambiguity can be tolerated determines the amount of difficulty the individual can, and is willing to,

Bob Wendover / September 18, 2015

Over the past few months, I’ve noticed that “slammed” has joined the lexicon of describing how busy someone is. At

Bob Wendover / September 11, 2015

In a previous post, I described the challenges of living with safe decision syndrome (SDS). That’s the insidious force