fiona@think4purpose.ieJun 31 min10 Ways to Spot an ExpertOne price of scientific & technological progress is that we tend to rely more on specialist & 'experts' but can we spot one with or...
fiona@think4purpose.ieMay 22 min10 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...
fiona@think4purpose.ieJan 204 minWhat'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,...
fiona@think4purpose.ieDec 16, 20216 minHow 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...
fiona@think4purpose.ieNov 12, 20213 minAre 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...
fiona@think4purpose.ieSep 3, 20215 minWhat 3 priests can teach us about Critical ThinkingPsychologists like Kahneman & Tversky (the first, a Nobel prize winner in economics) draw our attention to the important role that...
fiona@think4purpose.ieAug 31, 20214 minWhen & Why do experts make mistakes & 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...
fiona@think4purpose.ieAug 30, 20213 minCan 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...
fiona@think4purpose.ieAug 23, 20213 minCould 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...
fiona@think4purpose.ieJun 21, 20212 minWill 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...