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November 2026
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Strategy & leadership11 min readEight decision traps and how to keep a decision journal
For owners and managers about to commit to a big decision who suspect their own thinking is skewed. Hammond and colleagues give the eight traps clear names, but knowing the names is not enough. This post proposes a seven-line journal page that exposes them before the money moves.
Corporate finance9 min readWhy companies pass on good bets: loss aversion among managers
For owners and finance directors asking why managers so often shy away from risky projects with a positive expected return. In a survey of 1,500 managers most accepted only an 18% chance of loss, where a risk-neutral person would accept 75%. The post explains the mechanism and its limits.