Michael Mauboussin has authored three books:
- Think Twice
- The Success Equation
- More Than You Know
Not only a successful author, his accomplishments include Managing Director and Head of Global Financial Strategies at Credit Suisse, Adjunct Professor of Finance at the Columbia Business School and Chairman of the Board of Trustees at the Santa Fe Institute.
Listen carefully to his talk at the Center for Effective Philanthropy based on his book, Think Twice. Among other things, he talks about why smart people sometimes do dumb things, why sometimes using data can be in conflict with intuition, and why you need to think twice before making big decisions.
Relate the information from the video to your own work situation. Which message is relevant to your experience?
Pick one and describe how it relates to your job and what can be learned from Mr. Mauboussin.
Think Twice: Michael Mauboussin at CEP's 2011 Conference