Speak less, win more: The art of using silence in negotiations at work
"Pausing silently can be a simple yet very effective tool to help negotiators shift from fixed-pie thinking to a more reflective state of mind."
"Pausing silently can be a simple yet very effective tool to help negotiators shift from fixed-pie thinking to a more reflective state of mind."
"Believe the polls ... Pollsters that were broadly successful in the last presidential election are unlikely to fail colossally in the next one."
David G. Rand says: “The people who are trying to be deceptive are not going to put the [A.I.] label on their stuff.”
Jacquelyn Pless has studied which kinds of corrective actions are meaningful in a corporate context.
"Those with fossil resources seek to boost production and delay action to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions."
"Yields are fairly high now, and high-quality bonds that you hold to maturity are safe investments."
New McKinsey hires from MIT Sloan, Brooke Wages (MBA '22) and Candice Creecy (Sloan Fellows: MBA '22), are featured in this profile.
"Unions are going to have to work with the employers, because they're going to have to develop an institutional arrangement that works."
"Lego are a great example of how little innovation experiments can become huge growth opportunities."
"Pre-mortems are helpful because they walk you through the process and discipline the natural tendency to be optimistic."