When there is a lot at stake, discussions around the executive level table can become heated. You are passionate, well informed, and keen to persuade your peers to your point of view. Take care because being ‘right’ can be addictive* and winning has costs too. When we are wedded to our point of view and...
You are clever right? You have great experience that informs your views and allows you to confidently back your judgements. Great! And… take care…. Earned dogmatism is a cognitive bias where smart people overestimate the extent of their expertise*. Numerous studies have shown that we overestimate our expertise, especially in relation to expertise we have...