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Articles by Wendell Williams

Dr. Wendell Williams (rww@ScientificSelection.com) is an expert developer of hiring and promotion tests. His time-proven tools reduce turnover by 50%, double productivity, cut training time, and conform to EEOC guidelines. He has been quoted in WSJ, Harvard Business Review, HR Magazine, Resumes for Dummies, and many nationally syndicated newspapers. Wendell has a B.S., MBA, MS, and a Ph.D. in Industrial Psychology. He is a Member of the American Psychological Association, The Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology and The Association of Test Publishers. His website is www.ScientificSelection.com. He can be contacted by phone at 770-792-6857 or by email. This article is reprinted with the permission of ERExchange (www.erexchange.com)
from the The Fordyce Letter archives

Ignorance And The Human Condition

by Wendell Williams October 1st, 2004
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People like to believe they are rational, even when the exact opposite case is true. Think of it as a poor man’s Dilbert cartoon: “My decisions may be completely wrong, but I’m totally convinced!” Human Error Study after study by scientists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky has identified three major sources of human error that [...]

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