What is a Cognitive Bias?
A cognitive bias is a tendency to make repeated and similar mistakes in thinking. Unlike random errors, which have no pattern, these mistakes are systematically wrong in one direction. They usually arise from simple rules of thumb, or heuristics, which the mind uses to help it perform a task more easily.
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Understanding
Cognitive biases should not be confused with unconscious biases or even conscious ones. One way of putting cognitive biases into context is to explore the links between personality and behaviour.
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Strategic Leadership
Cognitive biases allow for fast decisions with the least mental effort. They can be useful when making an immediate, tactical decisions, that are almost invariably a hindrance when making strategic decisions. Why?
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Measuring
There are nearly 150 recognised cognitive biases. The original approach to measuring them in individuals involved 8 weeks of observation over a prolonged series of simulations.
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Mitigating
Awareness of cognitive biases is the first step. The next step is to have concrete tools to reduce the effects of these biases on our thinking.
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Workshops
By far the best way to help a senior leadership team understanding and mitigate their biases is through off-site workshops conducted by qualified CBT facilitators.
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Useful Links
The following are useful links when researching biases.
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Further reading
One of the iron rules of cognitive bias mitigation is: read more than one book.
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FAQs
Our most frequently asked questions – from ‘How much?’ to ‘Where?’
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Blog
An alternative perspective? Read the latest entries on our blog…
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Enquiries
For further information on cognitive bias tests and workshops please contact Enquiries@CognitiveBiasSolutions.com