Any discussion of practicing mental models must begin with a discussion of rationality. We look at what the research tells us about it.| Commoncog
There has been an uptick in self-help books and blogs about mental models. But, there's a problem when putting it in practice.| Commoncog
A book summary of a 2016 book called Peak which summarised three decades of research into the nature and development of expertise.| Commoncog
Commoncog is about accelerating business expertise. Updates weekly.| Commoncog
Can we take ideas from finance and apply them to the rest of our lives? I've been acting as it is. The truth isn't that simple.| Commoncog
Experts make decisions in ways that are very, very different from conventional decision science models. This makes expertise a lot more important to good decision making than you might think.| Commoncog
Here we try to answer a deceptively simple question: when someone offers advice, how do you evaluate that advice before putting it into practice?| Commoncog
Instrumental rationality is the sort of thinking that allows you to achieve your goals. We take a closer look at what decision science says is the 'best' way to pursue this purpose.| Commoncog
A technique for evaluating non-scientific advice, from practitioners.| Commoncog
What tacit knowledge is, and why it is the most interesting topic in the study of expertise today.| Commoncog
What expertise in Capital looks like in the context of business.| Commoncog
Why bother learning history, when history isn't likely to repeat itself? We take a look at what Cognitive Flexibility Theory tells us about the best way to learn from other people's experiences.| Commoncog
What Cognitive Flexibility Theory tells us about the acceleration of expertise in ill-structured domains.| Commoncog