Chapter

The Dangers of Blindly Promoting Based on Numbers
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13:30 - 20:03 (06:32)

Blindly promoting employees based purely on their statistics rather than their skills can lead to failures and a misguided sense of success. This can also lead to confirmation bias and obsession with certain ideologies or beliefs.

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The faulty perception that being successful in one area automatically guarantees success in another leads to promoting individuals with good statistics but not necessarily the skills to accomplish the work required for the position.
13:30 - 16:55 (03:24)
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Career Development
Summary

The faulty perception that being successful in one area automatically guarantees success in another leads to promoting individuals with good statistics but not necessarily the skills to accomplish the work required for the position.

Chapter
The Dangers of Blindly Promoting Based on Numbers
Episode
#385 - Gurwinder Bhogal - 15 Mental Models To Understand Psychology
Podcast
Modern Wisdom
The use of jargon and buzzwords in political language can sometimes be used to exclude others from understanding an argument, encouraging confirmation bias and making arguments more difficult for those outside of the given community to understand.
16:55 - 20:03 (03:08)
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Political Language
Summary

The use of jargon and buzzwords in political language can sometimes be used to exclude others from understanding an argument, encouraging confirmation bias and making arguments more difficult for those outside of the given community to understand.

Chapter
The Dangers of Blindly Promoting Based on Numbers
Episode
#385 - Gurwinder Bhogal - 15 Mental Models To Understand Psychology
Podcast
Modern Wisdom