Decision making
Explainer
Real life
In life’s sliding door moments, how do you make the right decisions?
Marriage, career, children – the big decisions in life can often be the hardest. Is there an optimal method for making a choice? And how do you factor in loss and regret?
- by Jackson Graham
Latest
Analysis
Network outage
The lessons Australia’s CEOs are failing to learn
What remains surprising is how often companies and chief executives fail to learn lessons from past crises even though corporate Australia is littered with them.
- by Anne Hyland
AMP boss Alexis George in a tussle with activist investors
AMP’s management is convinced it has the plan to resuscitate the venerable brand’s fortunes, but multiple institutional investors want decisive action, including a further break-up of the company.
- by Anne Hyland
Opinion
Social media
The foundations of Elon Musk’s digital town square are wobbling
There are signs that Elon Musk is trying to restructure the mountain of high-cost debt he took on to acquire Twitter, with his own actions post-acquisition further undermining the platform’s already-shaky finances.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Safety first key for businesses managing Ukraine war risk
Businesses are putting the safety of their Ukraine-based workers first, while continuing to pay wages and pausing operations.
- by Jackson Graham
The ethical hotline that can help with your COVID conundrums
If you’re in a dilemma about dobbing in a friend who attended an anti-lockdown protest, or wondering whether to prioritise home-schooling over work, this free hotline may be of help.
- by Julie Power
When making a decision, ignore the advice about trusting your gut
One expert advises approaching the issue in a detached manner: “There’s a lot to be said for thinking about the problem like a scientist.”
- by Evelyn Lewin
Opinion
Executive shake-up
Will Amazon be the same after Jeff Bezos stands aside?
The implications of the decision for Amazon aren’t yet clear but there will be significant interest in how hands-on Jeff Bezos turns out to be in his new role.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Global economy
How economics could get better at solving real world problems
The study of economics has lost its way because economists have laboured for decades to make their social science more mathematical and thus more like a physical science.
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
Opinion
Why humans beat computers at knowing when to leap into the unknown
Unlike computers working on algorithms, people are very good at coping with radical uncertainty. It’s amazing how often we get it right - and that’s not blind luck, economists say.
- by Ross Gittins
From B student to billionaire: the man who built Netflix
Radical honesty. Dispassionate sackings. “Sunshining” failure. Reed Hastings, the man who built the world’s most successful TV streaming service makes no apologies for Netflix’s extreme – some might say extremely odd – workplace culture.
- by Konrad Marshall
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