Seeing What Others Don't: The Remarkable Ways We Gain Insights

The examples are memorable and Klein translates them into subtle and powerful lessons for practitioners and academics alike.” Karl Weick, Rensis Likert Distinguished University Professor, Emeritus, University of MichiganGary Klein's brilliant book is a superb analysis of why and how some people are able to understand things others do not. Gary Klein pins down what until now has been the elusive topic of insight in his best and most personal work yet. Zinni USMC (Retired)Brilliant discourse on a fascinating subject. This new book is a must read for all leaders and should be added to his other works as the definitive collection on how decisions are, and should be, made.” General Anthony C. It's written in a crisp, fluent, Gladwellish way and the pages flit by.”Management TodayHis analysis of how Google searches and corporate culture inhibit insight

From the Trench John M. Ford Inspired by Martin Seligman and other positive psychologists, Gary Klein turned away from studying errors in decision making and focused on how experts like firefighters solve problems successfully. He is most interested in how we have and use insights. "When we put too much energy into eliminating . Exposes Some Hypocrisy I always wondered why it took so long for the human race to put wheels on luggage. Cognitive psychologist Klein unravels this conundrum and the more important need to more effectively solve problems and get things done. It is amazing how little we know about insights, how they are formed or what pre. Techsan said While referee's have better insight than those in the stands. Very academic in style, meaning a broad examination of others' stories, without any meaningful personal stories on insight. While referee's have better insight than those in the stands, I'd prefer coaching from a player. I'll concede his diagnosis of how corporate CYA does not encourage pursuit of i

Or when information technology systems are dumb by design” and block potential discoveries. What, for example, enabled Harry Markopolos to put the finger on Bernie Madoff? How did Dr. Both scientifically sophisticated and fun to read, Seeing What Others Don't shows that insight is not just a eureka!” moment but a whole new way of understanding. . In Seeing What Others Don't, renowned cognitive psychologist Gary Klein unravels the mystery.Klein is a keen observer of people in their natural settingsscientists, businesspeople, firefighters, police officers, soldiers, family members, friends, himselfand uses a marvelous variety of stories to illuminate his research into what insights are and how they happen. We also need insights into the everyday things that frustrate and confuse us so that we can more effectively solve problems and get things done. Yet we know very little about when, why, or how insights are formedor what blocks them. Michael Gottlieb make the connections between different patients that allowed him to publish the first announcement of the AIDS epidemic? What did Admiral Yamamoto see (and what did the Americans miss) in a 1940 British attack on the Italian fleet that enabled him to develop the strategy of attack at Pearl Harbor? How did a smokejumper” see that setting another fire would save his life, while those who ignored his insight perished? How did Martin Chalfie come up with a million-dollar idea (and a Nobel Prize