Think Smart, Act Smart: Avoiding the Business Mistakes That Even Intelligent People Make - Hardcover

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Jim Nightingale is a consultant with twenty years of experience, originally trained as an engineer. He spent most of those years searching for the kind of science in management that he knew existed in the physical sciences. He now shares his discoveries with audiences of managers and business professionals interested in making better decisions.

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Think Smart??Act Smart

Avoiding the Business Mistakes That Even Intelligent People Make

"Increased productivity and optimizing efficiencies...start with this book. Think Smart?Act Smart is a must-read for anyone concerned with the optimal operation of any organization...and all management personnel."

?Travis AlexanderCEO, Alexander Worldwide Protection Services

"This book should be mandatory reading for any of us in the leadership business. It exposes the fallacies of decision making that have become so endemic in organizations today. Jim's style of writing seamlessly translates sound theory into practical application?making it perfect for both the student and managerial practitioner. A welcomed addition to the decision-making literature."

?Philip T. Anderson, PhDDirector, Organization Effectiveness, JohnsonDiversey, Inc.

"Think Smart?Act Smart is a book that walks you through the 'how to' of thinking outside the box in your everyday approach to problem solving and how to avoid the old patterns buried in society's IQ-driven approach to problem solving. A very refreshing and mind-opening journey that shares a wonderful look into a number of startling truths about the way we think."

?C. Brandy DouglasPresident, The Douglas Group, Inc.

"Jim Nightingale provides a new and unique perspective on organizations today. The thesis of his books...is basic to working and managing in today's knowledge economy. Anyone who is responsible for making complex organizational decisions should benefit from this book."

?Peter SorensenDirector, Organization Development PhD Program, Benedictine University, Illinois

"We have all seen really smart, successful people do really dumb things. We have all asked the question, 'what was he/she thinking?' Jim Nightingale has taken an interesting, cerebral look at why this might be. His views are thought-provoking for those interested in getting the most out of their organization."

?Spencer Clark IIIFormer Chief Learning Officer, Cadence Design Systems

Why do smart people sometimes do such stupid things?

In 1720 Isaac Newton lost a fortune in a stock market crash that he had personally predicted. How could this happen? Since the discoverer of gravity and the inventor of calculus can hardly be accused of stupidity, we must seek other reasons for this, and other, high-profile judgment errors by very smart people.

Whether you are a CEO, a business manager, or simply a student of human behavior, Think Smart?Act Smart reveals why smart people make costly mistakes and provides you with a realistic plan to think smart in your life and on the job.

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Think Smart??Act Smart

Avoiding the Business MistakesThat Even Intelligent People Make

Smart people sometimes make mistakes that seem like good ideas at the time. Why do clearly intelligent people, including business leaders, make spectacularly wrong decisions costing them time, money, and at worst, the loyalty of their customers and employees?

Author and business consultant Jim Nightingale supplies invaluable insight into poor choices made by otherwise intelligent people and reveals that, from the wacky to the disastrous, every kind of erroneous thinking is rooted in similar thought processes that make even the smartest professionals do things wrong. Think Smart??Act Smart examines the faulty thinking of a collection of brilliant people, using case studies drawn from historical examples including:

• The Challenger Disaster

• The South Sea Bubble

• The failed Bay of Pigs Invasion

• Project Alpha

• The Dot-com Crash

The ideal companion for anyone who wants a better understanding of why intelligent individuals?yes, you!?do things that make no sense, Think Smart?Act Smart shows you how to make smart decisions by avoiding the pitfalls into which even the smartest of us fall. It provides businesspeople with a handle on why rational persons have made historically bad choices?choices to which they were desperately committed?and offers readers immediately useful guidance on making better judgment calls.

Think Smart?Act Smart will change the way you make decisions. Think of it as your smart and entertaining guide to becoming a better decision-maker and watch how you change the way you act.