Post by Victor Hugo Mendes Pires

Just done with book "Thinking, Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahneman. In a nutshell: our minds run on 2 systems: a fast, intuitive one and a slow, deliberative one. And most predictable errors in judgment come from the fast system (1) dominating when the slow system (2) should intervene. Pause for analogy: I kept coming back to Netflix's Wednesday while reading so wo whoever watched, this should be easier to get (but obviously doesn't describe the characters 100%). System 1 (ENID): automatic, effortless, pattern‑driven, and emotionally persuasive. It generates impressions, intuitions, and quick answers. System 2 (WEDNESDAY): effortful, analytical, and deliberate; it monitors and can override System 1 but takes its time and easily depleted. Most of our predictable mistakes come from trusting Enid's confident narrative (availability, anchoring, representativeness, loss aversion) while Wednesday analyzes things. The practical fix is simple: wait for Wednesday finishing analyzing things. Having meetings with stakeholders makes most of the team's instantly lit up with fixes soon they raise a problem and usually I'm the one about to nod along with the loudest and fastest solution (classic Enid turning into a werewolf without thinking what can go wrong). But sometimes I pause and ask them to rephrased their issues for the sake of compreheension, from both sides, and a different approach using the same solution seems to fit best (there's Wednesday plan saving the day). This is not about the Addams Daughter series, so: I have been working with people that uses one more than the other, but I usually rely on my System 1 when dealing with stakaholders but I am learning to make System 2 join in (without taking over). Have you ever realized these system exist in you or work colleagues or identified them already? #CriticalThinking #DecisionMaking #Leadership #BehavioralScience This book was refered to me by Shae O. Critical Thinking in the Age of AI reading list. #WeRideAtDawn