Psychology

Ozzie Paez

Doctors, engineers, and medicine

There is much that doctors and engineers can teach each other. I gained this insight after two years of exercising and talking with a...

Ozzie Paez

Decision-making’s crucial 3rd leg

In his book, Thinking Fast and Slow, Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman describes two systems that drive our thinking and decision-making....

Ozzie Paez

Blinded by coincidence (i.e. sometimes s#!t happens)

THIS POST was first published in June 2012. It's been updated to include new lessons and research in the science and craft of...

Ozzie Paez

Seeing ≠ Believing: the vision-perception disconnect

THIS POST was first published in July 2012. It's been updated to include new lessons learned from growing deployments of smart...

Ozzie Paez

Soleimani's lost utility-A lesson

There is an important lesson for strategists and political, military, and business leaders in the killing of General Soleimani...

Ozzie Paez

Hindsight: tripping over the past on our way to the future

Hindsight bias is one of the most seductive, influential and damaging cognitive traps. Research suggests that we’re susceptible to...

Ozzie Paez

Biases and the dangers of feeling certain

Strong beliefs can undermine our ability to analyze facts and make informed decisions. They promote biases that compromise our ability...

Ozzie Paez, Dean Macris

Automation and the unaware caretakers

We are increasingly relying on technology to automate tasks and make decisions. Artificial Intelligence (AI), analytics and machine learning