Decisive

by Chip Heath

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The Heaths expose four villains of decision-making, narrow framing, confirmation bias, short-term emotion, and overconfidence, then offer a WRAP process to counter each.

Published:: 2013
Pages:: 316

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In this collection, Decisive references 2 other books and is cited by 1 other book.

It draws on Thinking, Fast and Slow and Made to Stick.

It’s picked up by Continuous Discovery Habits: Discover Products that Create Customer Value and Business Value.

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The Heaths cite Kahneman's prospect theory and overconfidence research throughout.

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Thinking, Fast and Slow

by Daniel Kahneman

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Decisive extends the Heath brothers' earlier Made to Stick and Switch frameworks.

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Made to Stick

by Chip Heath

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Torres draws on the Heath brothers' decision-making framework from Decisive, particularly the practice of widening options and reality-testing assumptions before committing to product solutions

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Continuous Discovery Habits: Discover Products that Create Customer Value and Business Value

by Teresa Torres

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Thinking, Fast and Slow

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