EPISODE · Apr 20, 2020 · 53 MIN
BRING IT IN: Jeff Asher
from TrueHoop · host Henry Abbott
Today on BRING IT IN Henry Abbott and David Thorpe spoke with Jeff Asher, former CIA officer, co-founder of AH Datalytics, and public safety analyst with the New Orleans City Council. He spoke about how bias affects perception, thinking about thinking, and job of managing our own biases in making choices. He shared the CIA’s bible to overcome them, and showed us a couple of puzzles. Then we discussed how to deploy better approaches in everything from the NBA draft to coronavirus. He also kindly answered Henry’s and David’s nerdiest questions about working for CIA—including which movie portrays the reality of CIA life most realistically. Here’s the archived video: RECENT BRING IT IN EPISODES: * FRIDAY April 17, 2020 Seerat Sohi on ESPN’s Michael Jordan documentary The Last Dance and mental health in a pandemic. * THURSDAY April 16, 2020 Dana Smith returns to answer our new coronavirus questions. * WEDNESDAY April 15, 2020 Chad Ford tries to make Henry Abbott cry. * TUESDAY April 14, 2020 Adena Jones reports on what NBA players have been up to during the lock down. * MONDAY APRIL 13, 2020 Celtics head coach Brad Stevens talks X’s and O’s. * FRIDAY APRIL 10, 2020 Ben Aronson, on what basketball will look like in a post-COVID world. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.truehoop.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Today on BRING IT IN Henry Abbott and David Thorpe spoke with Jeff Asher, former CIA officer, co-founder of AH Datalytics, and public safety analyst with the New Orleans City Council. He spoke about how bias affects perception, thinking about thinking, and job of managing our own biases in making choices. He shared the CIA’s bible to overcome them, and showed us a couple of puzzles. Then we discussed how to deploy better approaches in everything from the NBA draft to coronavirus. He also kindly answered Henry’s and David’s nerdiest questions about working for CIA—including which movie portrays the reality of CIA life most realistically. Here’s the archived video: RECENT BRING IT IN EPISODES: * FRIDAY April 17, 2020 Seerat Sohi on ESPN’s Michael Jordan documentary The Last Dance and mental health in a pandemic. * THURSDAY April 16, 2020 Dana Smith returns to answer our new coronavirus questions. * WEDNESDAY April 15, 2020 Chad Ford tries to make Henry Abbott cry. * TUESDAY April 14, 2020 Adena Jones reports on what NBA players have been up to during the lock down. * MONDAY APRIL 13, 2020 Celtics head coach Brad Stevens talks X’s and O’s. * FRIDAY APRIL 10, 2020 Ben Aronson, on what basketball will look like in a post-COVID world. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.truehoop.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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