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Oct 27, 2020 50 min

Think For Yourself with Dr. Vikram Mansharamani

from Key Conversations for Leaders

Dr. Vikram Mansharamani is a global trend-watcher who shows people how to anticipate the future, manage risk, and spot opportunities. He is the author of the recently-released THINK FOR YOURSELF: Restoring Common Sense in an Age of Experts and Artificial Intelligence and BOOMBUSTOLOGY: Spotting Financial Bubbles Before They Burst. He has as PhD and two Masters degrees from MIT and a bachelors from Yale. In addition to having been a lecturer at Yale, and currently lecturing at Harvard, Vikram advises Fortune 500 CEOs to help them navigate uncertainty. His ideas and writings have appeared in Bloomberg, Fortune, Forbes, the New York Times, among many others. He also shares his ideas on his Think For Yourself Podcast and today we have the great fortune of having him here on the show. Inside This Episode Why We Outsource Our Thinking The Risk of Being A Specialist Finding Data-Driven Insights The Double-Edged Sword of Focus Knowing When NOT to Focus Discovering The Shadow of Your Attention The Blind Spots of Expertise The Downside of Cohesiveness & The Need for Outside Partners Make Better Decisions By Focusing On What You Don’t Know The Simple Secret to Strengthen Your Thinking and Broaden Your Mind When Planning For Success, Focus on Failure When You Might Want to Outsource Your Thinking Ethics, Empathy, and a Chance Meeting with Bob Woodward Links: Website: http://www.mansharamani.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vikrammansharamani/ Twitter: @mansharamani Books: Dr. Vikram's Books TEDx: https://youtu.be/E5qMFHTs-wE

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