How can you make intelligent decisions when you don’t have a lot of information? Are you unsure whether luck or skill determines an outcome? Do you engage in “resulting?”
Duke discusses her strategies for making decisions, employing process-oriented methodologies, and understanding the role of luck in outcomes. Poker players try to avoid the intellectual foible of “resulting” — looking at a single outcome as opposed to considering the broader spectrum of probabilities.
When poker players win, they must separate luck from process; if they can figure that out, they can improve future outcomes and understand what was attributable to skill and what was attributable to randomness. Similarly, when a player loses, understanding what would have been the best move relative to the probabilities is just as significant.
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Next week, we chat with Patty McCord, the chief talent officer at Netflix for 14 years, and author of the new book “Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility.”
