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    Why Smart People Make Predictably Irrational Workplace Decisions

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    16 lug 2026
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    Discover how behavioral operations reveals the hidden psychology behind workplace decision-making. Learn why our brains consistently trick us and how to design systems that work with human nature, not against it.

    Why Smart People Make Predictably Irrational Workplace Decisions

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    It’s like we were designing systems for robots when we were actually dealing with humans. We're not randomly irrational—we're predictably irrational, and the key is designing operations that work with human nature instead of against it.

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    Human behaviour psychology based on behavior ops book

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    [PDF] Toward a Theory of Behavioral Operations - Harvard Business School
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    https://www.hbs.edu/ris/Publication%20Files/07-096.pdf
    Predictably Irrational
    Thinking, fast and slow
    Behavioral Operations: Past, Present, and Future
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    https://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/1721.1/136436/2/SSRN-id3379894.pdf
    The Handbook of Behavioral Operations
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    https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119138341
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    1

    Welcome & Setting the Stage

    0:00
    0:14
    0:28
    2

    The Birth of Behavioral Operations

    0:38
    0:50
    1:02
    1:17
    1:30
    3

    The Predictable Patterns of Irrationality

    1:43
    1:54
    2:10
    2:25
    2:39
    4

    The Two Systems of Thinking

    2:55
    3:05
    3:21
    3:35
    1:30
    5

    When Emotions Override Logic

    4:02
    4:13
    4:25
    4:42
    4:55
    6

    The Power of FREE and Social Norms

    5:10
    5:18
    5:36
    5:51
    6:02
    6:15
    7

    Practical Applications for Better Operations

    6:27
    6:36
    0:28
    6:58
    7:10
    7:24
    8

    The Future of Human-Centered Operations

    7:38
    1:02
    7:56
    8:14
    8:28
    8:41

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