La falsa ilusion del exito / Delusion of Success: How optimism suffocates executive decisions
Daniel Kahneman
La falsa ilusion del exito / Delusion of Success: How optimism suffocates executive decisions
Daniel Kahneman
Los grandes principios de Kahneman sobre la toma de decisiones y los factores que influyen en el exito.
Las evidencias son inquietantes: la mayoria de las grandes iniciativas de negocios no rinden fruto. Segun los economistas, los malos resultados son una consecuencia inevitable del hecho de que las empresas corran riesgos racionales en situaciones inciertas. Sin embargo, tras analizarlo desde la psicologia, los autores consideran que ese fracaso es consecuencia de una toma de decisiones basada en un optimismo ilusorio en lugar de en una valoracion racional de ganancias, perdidas y probabilidades.
Los sesgos cognitivos y las presiones organizativas que se hallan en el origen de ese exceso de optimismo son omnipresentes, pero sus efectos pueden atenuarse. Complementando los procesos tradicionales de prevision con el analisis de iniciativas analogas finalizadas con anterioridad, los directivos pueden discernir de manera mucho mas precisa el desenlace probable de un proyecto. Esa vision externa es un bano de realidad que reduce las probabilidades de que una empresa se embarque en una inversion de tiempo y dinero desastrosa.
Los IMPRESCINDIBLES de Conecta, en colaboracion con Harvard Business Review, permiten acceder a las grandes ideas de los autores de referencia que inspiran a directivos y profesionales. Este volumen reune los textos La falsa ilusion del exito , de Daniel Kahneman y Dan Lovallo, y Antes de tomar una gran decision , de Kahneman, Lovallo y Olivier Sibony.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
Kahneman’s profound principles about decision making and the factors that influence success.
The evidence is disconcerting: most large business initiatives do not bear fruit. According to economists, the bad results are a consequence of the inevitable fact that businesses take rational risks in uncertain situations. Nevertheless, after analyzing the psychology, the authors consider that this failure is a due to making a decision based on illusory optimism instead of a rational assessment of earnings, losses, and probabilities.
Cognitive biases and organizational pressures that are at the origin of this excess of optimism are ubiquitous, but their effects can be lessened. By complementing the traditional forecasting processes with the analysis of similar initiatives completed previously, managers can discern in a much more precise way the probable outcome of a project. This external vision is a dose of reality that reduces the chances of a company embarking on a disastrous investment of time and money.
The ESSENTIALS of Conecta, in collaboration with Harvard Business Review, allow access to the reference authors’ great ideas that inspire managers and professionals. This volume brings together the texts The False Illusion of Success, by Daniel Kahneman and Dan Lovallo, and Before Making a Big Decision, by Kahneman, Lovallo and Olivier Sibony.
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