In the Eye of the Storm: What's Going on Inside the Brain When Good Leaders Make Bad Decisions?
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- Synopsis
- Hurricane Katrina caused catastrophic damage to the Gulf Coast in August of 2005. Hundreds of thousands of people lost their homes--many permanently. At least 1,800 people died, and the total cost of the damage was estimated at $86 billion. And yet, many hours were lost as Matthew Broderick, Director of the Homeland Security Operations Center in Washington, D.C., gathered information and then made the wrong decision, failing to leap into action in time to avert disaster. Good leaders make bad decisions. Indeed, the daunting reality is that enormously important decisions made by intelligent, responsible people with the best information and intentions sometimes go wrong. But why? In this chapter, the authors explain why to answer this question, we need to understand what goes on inside the brain when an individual is faced with a tough decision. This chapter was originally published as chapter 1 of "Think Again: Why Good Leaders Make Bad Decisions and How to Keep It From Happening to You."
- Copyright:
- 2009
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Publisher:
- Harvard Business Publishing
- Date of Addition:
- 08/02/16
- Copyrighted By:
- HBS Press
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Business and Finance
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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