302: Never Go With Your Gut with Gleb Tsipursky

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Nothing drives a business toward disaster as fast as poor decision making.

Behavioral economics and cognitive neuroscience studies reveal that our flawed mental patterns — what scholars call cognitive biases — trigger the poor decisions at the root of countless business disasters.

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And that chestnut advice to “go with your gut” is actually a strategic error that costs organizations and careers.

So says today’s guest Gleb Tsipursky, author of a new book called Never Go With Your Gut: How Pioneering Leaders Make the Best Decisions and Avoid Business Disasters.

Listen to learn how to improve your business decision-making in easy but essential steps, and rely on data and evidence over emotion.

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In today’s episode, Gleb and I discuss:

  • There’s REALLY never a time to go with your gut
  • The influence of cognitive biases on business decisions
  • The concept of failure-proofing your decisions
  • And lots more!

Gleb’s Book

You can order Never Go With Your Gut: How Pioneering Leaders Make the Best Decisions and Avoid Business Disasters right now!

Gleb in Action

Books Gleb Recommends

Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

The E-Myth Series by Michael E. Gerber

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Visit Gleb’s website here for more about him and his work.

Be sure and grab your copy of Gleb’s book now.

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