The Future of Coaching – helping leaders overcome ignorance, hubris, blind-spots and become more self-aware

Expertise and ignorance – being smart is more about understanding the body of knowledge that exists, and being aware that there is much more to know

This essay has just touched the surface of how we humans are unknowingly influenced by a myriad of factors beyond our awareness. Beginning to understand these factors makes us smarter and reduces over-confidence, ignorance and poor decision-making. Given the resistance to these techniques, leadership coaches and consultants are in a position to nudge their clients to apply these tools for better awareness understanding and decision-making. 

For more reading on MINDSPACE:

Dolan, Hallsworth, Halpern, King, Metcalf, Vlaev (2012). Influencing behavior: The Mindspace way. Journal of Economic Psychology.