AI and Cognitive Surrender: The Rise of System 3
New Wharton research shows how AI can improve or undermine human reasoning. What can leaders do to prevent cognitive surrender?
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Thinking with AI: Managerial Judgment
How can managers question assumptions, evidence and alternatives when thinking with AI? A practical approach to stronger judgment and verification.
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What Is a Troy Ounce? The Cost of Quick Answers
Simple searches like 'what is a troy ounce of gold' reveal a habit that quietly erodes managerial decision quality.
Read the essayWhy Do You Always Walk Away from Your Strategy Meetings with Just Three Options?
How artificial intelligence is changing strategic decision-making—and why the same tools everyone has at their disposal don’t give anyone a competitive edge on their own
Read the essayAviation Management and Executive Decision Discipline
Aviation management offers a rigorous model of decision discipline under uncertainty — one today's AI-driven executives urgently need.
Read the essayThe Decision Wheel: Why Managers Repeat the Same Mistakes
The decision wheel explains why managers keep repeating the same mistakes and how a structured audit can break the cycle.
Read the essayIf the outcome of a decision is bad, does that mean the decision itself was necessarily bad?
A weak decision can produce a good outcome. Assumptions were not tested, risks were underestimated, and alternatives were only superficially considered. But the timing worked out well. The market grew. A competitor made a mistake. Since the outcome was good, the process is not questioned.
Read the essayNot all decisions deserve the same process
Organizations that make decisions well are not necessarily better at analysis. They are often better at matching the process to the decision itself.
Read the essayYou Can't Improve Decision Quality Without Measuring It: The New Executive Decision Audit
In most organizations, performance problems trace back to poorly structured decision mechanisms — not individual capability.
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