{"id":1482,"date":"2014-01-16T12:34:14","date_gmt":"2014-01-16T20:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/business\/?p=1482"},"modified":"2015-05-21T14:54:59","modified_gmt":"2015-05-21T21:54:59","slug":"harvard-professor-francesca-gino-speaks-decision-making","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/business\/2014\/01\/16\/harvard-professor-francesca-gino-speaks-decision-making\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvard professor Francesca Gino speaks on decision-making"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the beginning of her College of Business Dean\u2019s Distinguished Lecture Tuesday, Harvard Business School Associate Professor Francesca Gino gave the audience a short quiz.<\/p>\n

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Harvard associate professor Francesca Gino speaks about her new book Sidetracked: Why our decisions get derailed, and how we can stick to the plan.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After asking the crowd to rate their own decision-making abilities, she told all those who said they were above average to raise their hands.<\/p>\n

\u201cI see about 98 percent of people,\u201d Gino said. \u201cThat\u2019s a mathematical impossibility.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was just one of a number of entertaining demonstrations Gino used to show the crowd of nearly 1,000 how we often don\u2019t realize the subtle cues affecting how we make decisions.<\/p>\n

The talk focused on Gino\u2019s research and findings she shared in her book \u201cSidetracked: Why our decisions get derailed and how we can stick to the plan.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of the\u00a0issues that can sidetrack a decision includes our perceptions of ourselves. Taking time and honestly assessing a situation and how it will affect us can go a long way to creating a positive outcome, Gino said.<\/p>\n

From there, it\u2019s important to look at the context of a situation \u2014 our emotions, relationships and other influences \u2014 and imagine if those could be changing the way you see a decision.<\/p>\n

Gino showed an experiment where subjects were more likely to cheat if they saw someone wearing shirt for their school do it, but less than average if the cheater had a rival\u2019s shirt on.<\/p>\n

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Francesca Gino sits down with College of Business assistant professor Keith Leavitt for a Q&A at the end of her talk.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cEven in a situation as important as ethics, we\u2019re often swayed by those close to us,\u201d Gino said.<\/p>\n

While Gino said realizing the effect small factors have on us can be discouraging \u2014 would we really act differently if someone next to us had a Beaver or Duck on their shirt? \u2014 it\u2019s also empowering to know we can change.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can sort of end up with your hands in your hair, screaming \u2018We are so biased!\u2019\u201d she said. \u201cBut it\u2019s also hopeful, because you can find that context and next time make a better decision.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At the beginning of her College of Business Dean\u2019s Distinguished Lecture Tuesday, Harvard Business School Associate Professor Francesca Gino gave the audience a short quiz. After asking the crowd to rate their own decision-making abilities, she told all those who said they were above average to raise their hands. \u201cI see about 98 percent of … <\/p>\n

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