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Known for: Brilliant Mistakes: Finding Success on the Far Side of Failure
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Brilliant Mistakes: Finding Success on the Far Side of Failure
Brilliant Mistakes: Finding Success on the Far Side of Failure explores how embracing and learning from mistakes can lead to innovation and success. Paul J. H. Schoemaker argues that minimizing mistakes may itself be a major mistake, and he provides frameworks for identifying when errors can be beneficial and how organizations can strategically use them to improve decision-making and performance.
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The Value of Mistakes
The starting point in understanding brilliant mistakes is reframing what a mistake actually means. I argue that a mistake is not merely something to be corrected or regretted—it is an unplanned experiment. Every time we act under uncertainty, we are implicitly testing an assumption about the world. ...
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The Psychology of Error
Human cognition evolved for efficiency, not accuracy. Our minds rely on rules of thumb, biases, and shortcuts that help us make rapid judgments but often lead us astray. In this part of the book, I explore how biases such as confirmation bias, overconfidence, and hindsight distortion shape the way w...
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About Paul J. H. Schoemaker
Paul J. H. Schoemaker is an academic, author, and entrepreneur known for his work in decision sciences and strategic management. He is the founder and chairman of Decision Strategies International and has served as research director of the Mack Center for Technological Innovation at the Wharton Scho...
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Paul J. H. Schoemaker is an academic, author, and entrepreneur known for his work in decision sciences and strategic management. He is the founder and chairman of Decision Strategies International and has served as research director of the Mack Center for Technological Innovation at the Wharton Scho...
Paul J. H. Schoemaker is an academic, author, and entrepreneur known for his work in decision sciences and strategic management. He is the founder and chairman of Decision Strategies International and has served as research director of the Mack Center for Technological Innovation at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
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