{"id":3760,"date":"2021-07-15T12:32:50","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T10:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myskillsacademy.de\/?page_id=3760"},"modified":"2021-07-20T12:33:02","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T10:33:02","slug":"cognitive-biases","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.myskillsacademy.de\/de\/cognitive-biases\/","title":{"rendered":"Cognitive Biases"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3760\" class=\"elementor elementor-3760\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6a9c567c elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"6a9c567c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-44f0ee8f\" data-id=\"44f0ee8f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d3566af elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6d3566af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cognitive Biases<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10173786 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"10173786\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Minimize the effect of cognitive biases<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1f0d7e5b elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1f0d7e5b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-55da3606\" data-id=\"55da3606\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35b5753b elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"35b5753b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6722d6a4 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6722d6a4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5405876e\" data-id=\"5405876e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a8e9b4c elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3a8e9b4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cognitive Biases in Work and Life<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b272a8e elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b272a8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MySkills Academy will review following\u00a0<\/span><strong>cognitive <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>biases<\/strong>: <a href=\"#affinity-confirmation-biases\">affinity bias<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <a href=\"#affinity-confirmation-biases\">confirmation bias<\/a>, <a href=\"#dunning-kruger-loss-aversion\">Dunning Kruger effect<\/a>, <a href=\"#dunning-kruger-loss-aversion\">loss aversion bias<\/a>, <a href=\"#curse-of-knowledge-conformity-biases\">curse of knowledge<\/a>, <a href=\"#curse-of-knowledge-conformity-biases\">conformity bias<\/a>, <a href=\"#planning-fallacy-framing-bias\">planning fallacy<\/a>, <a href=\"#planning-fallacy-framing-bias\">framing bias<\/a>, <a href=\"#conservatism-authority-biases\">conservatism bias<\/a>, <a href=\"#conservatism-authority-biases\">authority bias<\/a>, <a href=\"#ostrich-denomination-effects\">ostrich effect<\/a> and the <a href=\"#ostrich-denomination-effects\">denomination effect<\/a>. Moreover, we will give some <strong>examples and introduce tips on how to avoid them. <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bias<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">? Simply talking, it\u2019s something which impacts our rational and objective behaviour and decision making process. Let\u2019s review some popular <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cognitive <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">biases<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, so get a cup of tea and enjoy \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-60846ac8 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"60846ac8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2ae37107\" data-id=\"2ae37107\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a3a1b20 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"1a3a1b20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"affinity-confirmation-biases\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-534a83eb elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"534a83eb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4584b53e\" data-id=\"4584b53e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12ef833a elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"12ef833a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myskillsacademy.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Affinity-bias-and-Confirmation-bias-530x530.png\" title=\"Affinity-bias-and-Confirmation-bias\" alt=\"Affinity bias and Confirmation bias\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-efe5971\" data-id=\"efe5971\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79dbaf55 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"79dbaf55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Affinity Bias and Confirmation Bias<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43ddc714 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"43ddc714\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Affinity bias<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a typical example of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cognitive <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">biases<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for people all over the world &#8211; we like people who are similar to us. Human beings are social creatures, but it\u2019s much easier to communicate with somebody who looks or behaves like you. For example, a person having the same nationality as you, also wearing glasses and a beard or simply having the same hobby as you. You are most likely to trust this person and accept his\/her arguments without any justification.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most important thing is to prevent the negative impact of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">affinity <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bias<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in companies, especially during interviews. The easiest way is to take some time to analyse the provided information or ask other colleagues to express their opinions or even participate in discussions. Therefore, the decision will be less biased and more objective, making the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">affinity <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bias<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> less significant.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-793c7fd6 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"793c7fd6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7408b3e\" data-id=\"7408b3e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fc1b869 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1fc1b869\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Professionals are often affected by the\u00a0<strong>Confirmation\u00a0bias<\/strong>, which means that they tend to make their strategies, decisions or work-related processes based on their own assumptions, but not on research data or facts. Moreover, they are finding all kinds of ways to justify their ideas by doing \u201cpost-facto research\u201d (after the strategy was implemented). In this way, you are least likely to find a solution but will be able to protect your own opinion, which though might not be the perfect choice and could fail in practice.\u00a0Confirmation\u00a0bias\u00a0is also very common for students working on different projects and trying to save some time learning the theory.<\/p><p>Compared to other\u00a0cognitive\u00a0biases,\u00a0confirmation\u00a0bias\u00a0is easy to prevent &#8211; you need to always begin with research and build your ideas based on the analyzed data, even if you think that you don\u2019t need it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-31d0cf77 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"31d0cf77\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-79d7bf9c\" data-id=\"79d7bf9c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad6be07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"ad6be07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"dunning-kruger-loss-aversion\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-202564b6 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"202564b6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3f5c739\" data-id=\"3f5c739\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-856eacf elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"856eacf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myskillsacademy.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Dunning-Kruger-effect-and-Loss-aversion-biases-530x530.png\" title=\"Dunning-Kruger-effect-and-Loss-aversion-biases\" alt=\"Dunning Kruger effect and Loss aversion biases\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ec1b60f\" data-id=\"7ec1b60f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38b2f0cd elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"38b2f0cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dunning Kruger Effect and Loss Aversion<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f675569 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1f675569\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><strong>Dunning Kruger Effect<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cognitive <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bias<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that creates an overestimation of people\u2019s own skills and knowledge, especially in the areas where they have little or even no experience at all. Simply talking, humans can be very proud, assuming to be a professional in all fields. A common example of the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dunning Kruger Effect<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the business world is the superior thinking that he\/she knows more than their subordinates in a very specific or technical subject, despite not having the advanced skills required.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cognitive <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">biases<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> like the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dunning Kruger Effect<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is very difficult to avoid, because of human nature. We would advise you to use rational thinking in order to evaluate your knowledge fairly. However, it does not always help, thus try to listen and accept arguments and comments of other people.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-84d2780 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"84d2780\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-87e5029\" data-id=\"87e5029\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b76a6b elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b76a6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Loss Aversion<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a typical representative of business <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cognitive <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">biases<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> but could also be present in daily life. This <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bias<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> creates a fear of losing an investment, which ultimately overcomes the desire to reach higher profit. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Loss aversion<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> bias<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> blurs your ability to make an objective decision, from which you might profit more in the long run. If we take business investors as an example, many of them would prefer not to lose 5000 Euro, rather than earn 10 000 Euro. An example of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Loss aversion <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bias<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from daily life is buying stocks or bonds, which could bring much more money than keeping savings in banks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to avoid this <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bias<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">? The solution is more simple than you might have thought: The more often you lose money &#8211; the lower your fear of losing an investment will get. Still, avoiding other <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cognitive <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">biases<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is not that \u201ceasy\u201d \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1ed1b49e elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1ed1b49e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-414ff9d3\" data-id=\"414ff9d3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55e96b6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"55e96b6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"curse-of-knowledge-conformity-biases\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2898af92 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2898af92\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a8b08a6\" data-id=\"6a8b08a6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24899f46 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"24899f46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myskillsacademy.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Conformity-bias-and-Curse-of-knowledge-530x530.png\" title=\"Conformity-bias-and-Curse-of-knowledge\" alt=\"Conformity bias and Curse of knowledge\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-388c8808\" data-id=\"388c8808\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41e89183 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"41e89183\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Curse of Knowledge and Conformity Bias<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d40c944 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d40c944\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <strong>Curse of Knowledge<\/strong> &#8211; is a typical <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cognitive <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bias<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> not only within the business world but also daily life. Human beings are constantly developing and usually have never finished learning something new. People affected by this <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bias<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> tend to forget that they did not have all the current knowledge before, ultimately assuming that everyone else also has the same knowledge. The more things become more obvious and clear for that person, the more he or she assumes it is also for others.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is very important to minimize the effect of this <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cognitive <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bias<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, especially in business life. However, in most of the cases it is only possible to achieve with the help of direct feedback and open conversation. Very often employees are afraid to ask for clarification of some tasks or to confess that they don\u2019t know something, leaving their superior in a different belief. That is why, Curse of Knowledge is one of the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cognitive <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">biases<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> most difficult to avoid in the business area.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2ca25f2f elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2ca25f2f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-38adaa01\" data-id=\"38adaa01\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76175b61 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"76175b61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Conformity Bias<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; without any doubts your decision making has been negatively impacted by this <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cognitive <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bias<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> before. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conformity<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> bias<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an effect of herd thinking, which forces us to follow the opinion of the majority even if we, deep down, disagree. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cognitive <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">biases<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> like this one are very dangerous in all fields of our life, as they push us away from our own decisions, thus creating regrets that could follow us for many years. Moreover, you can observe the effect of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conformity<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bias<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> within a company\u2019s process, as it kills creativity and ultimately the uniqueness of most business models, advertisements, technical features etc.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a result, a majority of today\u2019s products and services have lost their true USPs (Unique Selling Proposition) and are perceived as very similar to each other. In this case, the development of independent, creative thinking is crucial for the future of businesses. As an example, companies from Eastern countries, proactively motivated their employees to share their own ideas for additional rewards. How do you like this approach to defeat <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cognitive <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">biases<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">? \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-60629db7 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"60629db7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-59ec6a0f\" data-id=\"59ec6a0f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a27deca elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"a27deca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"planning-fallacy-framing-bias\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-507cd24d elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"507cd24d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-69a5e131\" data-id=\"69a5e131\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42a20811 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"42a20811\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myskillsacademy.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Framing-bias-and-Planning-fallacy-530x530.png\" title=\"Framing-bias-and-Planning-fallacy\" alt=\"Framing bias and Planning fallacy\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ba625d1\" data-id=\"7ba625d1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7006b827 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7006b827\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Planning Fallacy and Framing Bias<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d12eab6 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d12eab6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Planning fallacy<\/strong> is a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cognitive <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bias<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which affects our adequate decision making process and creates an additional source for stress, forcing us to set up unrealistic expectations over the progress of our planned targets. Normally, people tend to overestimate their own availability, only considering positive outcome scenarios for all their scheduled activities. This <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bias<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> causes a set-up of non-realistic deadlines, thus leading to overworking in most of the cases.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The solution is very simple: The implementation of more flexible deadlines and the mental freedom to say \u201cNo\u201d to some requests, if you anticipate that something could go wrong.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-46159a9b elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"46159a9b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-62918913\" data-id=\"62918913\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43d9867b elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"43d9867b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the very famous <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cognitive <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">biases<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is <\/span><strong>Framing bias<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which affects the perception of the same information, if it was presented in different ways. For example, investors are most likely to accept the proposal if you tell them that it has a 75% chance to succeed. While vice versa, they will be less interested in the offer, if presented with a 25% chance to fail. Basically, the conditions of the offer do not differ, but the psychological impact of \u201csuccess vs failure perception\u201d creates a significant difference in the final decision making process.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Framing <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bias<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is often used in business environments to manipulate people and force them to make a rapid investment. The<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> framing <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bias<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can be avoided by analysing and interpreting the data without rushing a decision.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7686e99e elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7686e99e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5c5213dd\" data-id=\"5c5213dd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5490da80 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5490da80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myskillsacademy.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Conservatism-bias-and-Authority-bias-530x530.png\" title=\"Conservatism-bias-and-Authority-bias\" alt=\"Conservatism bias and Authority bias\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2ab9f61\" data-id=\"2ab9f61\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-494ebe18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"494ebe18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"conservatism-authority-biases\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e0ccbd4 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3e0ccbd4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Conservatism Bias and Authority Bias<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18ecd6be elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"18ecd6be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Conservatism bias<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> affects the decision making process by forcing people to over emphasize on existing, sometimes even outdated, information instead of using new data while adapting to changes. This <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cognitive <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bias<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is very dangerous in a business environment, as it disables a company&#8217;s innovative approach and even holds it back from relevant market trends. Thus, companies become more vulnerable to ever-changing environments, which sometimes leads to huge losses or even bankruptcy. A simple example of this <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">conservatism <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bias<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can be taken from the mobile phones industry, when several producers were ignoring trends and refused to switch to the development of smartphones, ultimately disappearing from the market entirely.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minimizing the effect of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">conservatism <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bias<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is not that easy, but if you are a decision maker, we recommend always to do a deep research and discuss the new data with specialists. Also \u201cyoung blood\u201d is advised to be hired, so the company is able to compare \u201cyoung maximalistic\u201d and \u201ctime-tested\u201d ideas.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-37fe69c6 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"37fe69c6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-390efcb1\" data-id=\"390efcb1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b527cb elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b527cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Authority bias<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> compels people to accept proposals of experienced people, while ignoring other ideas even if they were better. For example, in working groups the ideas of senior members are almost always prevailing over ideas of other team members. Thus, helpful proposals could be ignored, which causes the loss of potential opportunities.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cognitive <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">biases<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of this type have an evident solution: the final decision should be made by an unbiased person that does not know who the owner of the idea is, or even better &#8211; by an external specialist. In this case, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">authority<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> bias<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can\u2019t affect the decision maker. Another way to minimize the effect of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">authority <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bias<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a conduction of short SWOT analysis of the proposals, ultimately choosing the objectively best option.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7f0d62e elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7f0d62e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-35f82d9\" data-id=\"35f82d9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ef1740 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"4ef1740\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"ostrich-denomination-effects\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1a1e9c6 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1a1e9c6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4469c14\" data-id=\"4469c14\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93c6d19 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"93c6d19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myskillsacademy.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Cognitive-biases-Ostrich-effect-Denomination-Effect-530x530.png\" title=\"Cognitive-biases-Ostrich-effect-Denomination-Effect\" alt=\"Cognitive biases: Ostrich effect Denomination Effect\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7fc1db5\" data-id=\"7fc1db5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bc371a elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3bc371a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><br>Cognitive Biases: Ostrich &amp; Denomination Effect<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc44b7f elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bc44b7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <strong>Ostrich effect<\/strong> is a well-known <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cognitive <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bias<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which pushes people to ignore an obvious problem. Affected people expect the problem to be solved without their participation, even if it\u2019s urgently needed.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thus, in a business environment it\u2019s important to set the minimum KPIs in order to force the organization to react immediately if the predefined indicators were not reached. However, this <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bias<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can sometimes be fruitful in the long-term perspective. If we are talking about investments, the market is in constant flux, thus ignoring some losses could (not always) bring profit in the long run.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-481b65a elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"481b65a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8d248a7\" data-id=\"8d248a7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c53c160 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c53c160\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <strong>Denomination effect<\/strong> causes the wrong perception about spendings. Thus, people are more likely to spend small bills, rather than the equivalent value in larger bills. The simple example of this <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cognitive <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bias<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is holding a 50 Euro bill for many months in the wallet, while spending all small banknotes.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myskillsacademy.de\/efficient-budgeting\/\">efficient budgeting<\/a> plan is advised to be implemented in order to minimize the denomination effect. We also recommend you to read about it. \ud83d\ude09<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-272efc2 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"272efc2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0ad8a77\" data-id=\"0ad8a77\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-127c647 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"127c647\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We hope that you have enjoyed our topic about <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cognitive <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">biases<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in work and life. We have much more in the pipeline &#8211; <strong>stay tuned<\/strong> \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6c05357f elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6c05357f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-714154ae\" data-id=\"714154ae\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-453169e1 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"453169e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Do you like our tips? 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Minimize the effect of cognitive biases Cognitive Biases in Work and Life MySkills Academy will review following&nbsp;cognitive biases: affinity bias, confirmation bias, Dunning Kruger effect, loss aversion bias, curse of knowledge, conformity bias, planning fallacy, framing bias, conservatism bias, authority bias, ostrich effect and the denomination effect. 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