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10 Ways to Spot an Expert
One price of scientific & technological progress is that we tend to rely more on specialist & 'experts' but can we spot one with or...
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fiona@think4purpose.ie
- May 2
- 2 min
10 Tips for Uncertainty - neither the 'old' or 'new' - just our ‘normal’.
The 'brain as a bio-computer' metaphor is useful (to a point) and it certainly works to understand why we so hate change. It's not the...
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fiona@think4purpose.ie
- Jan 20
- 4 min
What's the diagnosis on good decision-making?
Burn-out amongst healthcare clinicians has multiple causes but studies indicate that it rises in line with direct patient contact. If so,...
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fiona@think4purpose.ie
- Dec 16, 2021
- 6 min
How Stories help us to (re)codify Q.R.M.?
Can Peppa Pig teach us about Quality & Risk Management, or should we scrutinise the tales of old more closely? Christmas is a time for...
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fiona@think4purpose.ie
- Nov 12, 2021
- 3 min
Are you an Engineer who can think like a Fox?
Work is a juggling act for many engineers with conflicting demands, information gaps and moving goalposts. As a result trade-off’s need...
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fiona@think4purpose.ie
- Sep 3, 2021
- 5 min
What 3 priests can teach us about Critical Thinking
It seems that we’re not quite as logical as we might like to think we are and this has implications for our evidence- & risk-based...
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fiona@think4purpose.ie
- Aug 31, 2021
- 4 min
Why even experts can fail to learn?
As technology advances, scientists and engineers alike face shorter ‘half-lives of knowledge’ i.e. the time it takes for their expertise...
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fiona@think4purpose.ie
- Aug 30, 2021
- 3 min
Can futuristic movies help 'future-proof' how engineers think?
Elon Musk made a bold claim recently that robots are “semi-sentient” yet reassured us that we can, at least, still “out-run” them...
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fiona@think4purpose.ie
- Aug 23, 2021
- 3 min
Could Confucius AND Confusion both be good for Learning?
Scientific empiricism helps engineers with risk-based decision-making. Equally, scientists who think like engineers apply useful...
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fiona@think4purpose.ie
- Jun 21, 2021
- 2 min
Will hard data help improve our soft judgement?
Twenty+ years of research in the field of cognitive psychology has produced one Nobel prize (in economics for Daniel Kahneman) and...
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