Loved the piece by Matthew Syed this week in The Times and The Sunday Times outlining what VARs can learn from the pilot who landed on the hudson river. We had similar thoughts when Arsenal were victims of similar communication issues last February... behaviouralspectator.com/post/football-…

Why reason fails: Our modern lives are teeming with technology, informed by scientific understanding. But at the same time, irrational beliefs, from superstition to vaccine hesitancy, are still widespread. How is it possible? 👉Reason is likely not the tool we think it is. A 🧵

Did a new example of Berkson's paradox just drop? CEO attractiveness and shareholder returns are negatively correlated 👉If CEOs are selected both for their managerial skills and for their good looks, these two variables will be negatively correlated among CEOs ht Sam Glover

Pretending not to worry about your reputation to improve your reputation.

Because talking to each other seems easy to us, we typically underappreciate the amazing cognitive feats we achieve in our everyday conversations. A 🧵