The Power of Noticing
What the Best Leaders See
Editorial Review
The role of noticing is deeply rooted in the rapidly evolving field of behavioral decision research. It has diffused to a number of other fields, including behavioral economics, behavioral finance, behavioral marketing, negotiation, and behavioral law. The field is rooted in the concept of bounded rationality and in scientists’ work on the systematic and predictable biases that affect even the best and brightest human beings. Essentially, scientists created a revolution against the standard economic model, which historically assumed that humans were perfectly rational. This literature is the foundation upon which the noticing theory was based. The concept of bounded rationality and the influential field of behavioral economics have largely defined problems according to how we misuse information that is right in front of us. By contrast, noticing concerns our bounded awareness, or the systematic and predictable ways we fail to see or seek out critical information readily available in our environment. blink
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Focusing is important, but sometimes noticing is better; at least when you are making critical decisions.
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