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Blinded by Belief (2015)

Manfred Kets de Vries

"Denialism, office politics, productivity"

This blog entry with the Harvard Business Review explores how denialists can have a devastating effect on office politics and productivity. It also discusses how one can convince someone they are making decisions based on misguided logic.

INSEAD Knowledge, 2015

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