In medicine, money, and many other domains, surrogate decision makers such as caregivers or financial planners are entrusted to make choices—sometimes vital ones—for other people. But these surrogates ...

Eric J. Johnson is the Norman Eig professor of Business and the director of the Center for Decision Sciences at Columbia Business School. He has been the president of both the Society for Judgment and ...

The habits and decisions that once made sense may now be silently limiting your growth, happiness and freedom.

Everyday sights and sounds quietly shape the choices people make, often without them realizing it. New research suggests that ...

Always go with your gut...if you want to make bad decisions. Making Choices That Could Change Our Lives Think about the last hard decision you made. How long did you spend on it? What did you consider ...

Parents are the first and last line of defense when it comes to our children. Kids will make stupid decisions. It's just part of growing up. But there's a difference between bad decisions and ...

Understanding that decision-making is a dynamic process, not a one-time event, allows us to approach decision-making with a growth mindset. Continuously evaluating and adjusting decisions based on ...

If we make hundreds (or thousands) of choices in any given day on average, as most research suggests, 1 at least some portion of them have to be wrong. From a probability perspective, I think most ...

The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal are showcasing features about people resigning from jobs. Our understanding and management of the stresses created by the pandemic and its year of ...

Decision analysis can only be effective if leaders have the bandwidth to act, are clear on purpose and fully understand their options. Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player ...