Blind Spots: Why Smart People Do Dumb Things,   ISBN:9781591025092

Customer Rating: 

This book is a lighter read. It is well sourced, organized, and written.

The author takes ten themes of poor thought and examines them in a sensitive and practical way.

While the book is practical, it would have been more to my tastes if the author had gone into more detail.

This book is a good introduction to many topics that also provides documentation of sources that should allow interested parties to look at specific topics in more depth should it be desired.

Customer Rating: 

Business tends to be some years behind science in the area of psychology in the workplace. As my work revolves around starting up companies and NGO's as I write in my book Stone Soup: The Secret Recipe for Making Something from Nothing there is a vital role for the founder of any new organization to work hard on their own blind spots. In fact there is a huge amount of global productivity that is lost to the blind spots of business people in general and in a startup there is no slack to allow for such avoidable losses.

I recommend blind spots for anyone starting their own company or non-profit as there are few such compact volumes which get you past the most common blind spots that you posses that will show up in your organization as I have found that the blind spots of the founder tend to be reflected in detail in the organizations overall activities. So buy and read blind spots and you can tune up your business and make your life easier and more productive in the the process.

Customer Rating: 

One only needs to read the first few pages to understand that this writer is often ignorant of her topic. Drive up ATMs have Braille on their keys as it is cheaper to manufacture all keys with Braille that to set up walk up machine keys differently than drive up machine keys. This is only the start of her errors.

Customer Rating: 

As a business person who has worked in corporate leadership and talent acquisition for more than 15 years, I found Blind Spots to be an insightful exploration of why smart people do "dumb" things. It is a valuable tool for technical professionals seeking to understand and improve their softer skills (i.e. interpersonal dynamics and problem solving capability). Van Hecke's relatable writing style and use of anecdotes makes this an easy read with some real gems for today's busy professional.

Customer Rating: 

Hard to believe there's a class in a university and this author teaches it. I've spoken to kids under 10 years old with deeper insights than this."