The Brain in Conflict & Collaboration Course Discussion: Please watch Predictably Irrational by Daniel Ariely and answer the questions below.
Coupled with your learnings around cognitive bias and decision making in your module, what insights did you gain from this video and the concepts?
How can you apply these insights to improve any aspect/s of your work?
Clearly understanding the motivation for peers/employees is connected with the framing effect. How you motivate others needs to be framed correctly to help them feel successful, accomplished, and willing to do more. But to best understand their motivation, we need to be mindful of the other means of bias to avoid misunderstanding their motivation. Like the section where those who worked harder assumed others would appreciate it as they did--that's confirmation bias. We need to acknowledge and remember that our excitement doesn't always equal another person's. Our motivation doesn't always equal someone else's.