Description
Book SynopsisCognitive Risk is a book about the least understood but most pervasive risk to mankind human decision-making. Cognitive risks are subconscious and unconscious influence factors on human decision-making: heuristics and biases. To understand the scope of cognitive risk, we look at case studies, corporate and organizational failure, and the science that explains why we systemically make errors in judgment and repeat the same errors.
The book takes a multidisciplinary and pedestrian stroll through behavioral science with a light touch, using stories to explain why we consistently make cognitive errors that not only increase risks but also simultaneously fail to recognize these errors in ourselves or our organizations. This science has deep roots in organizational behavior, psychology, human factors, cognitive science, and behavioral science all influenced by classic philosophers and enabled through advanced analytics and artificial intelligence. The point of the book is
Table of Contents
1. Reimagining the Organization: Homo Periculum (Human Risk), 2. Complexity in Risk and Risk Perceptions, 3. A Matrix of Risk Governance – Organizational Behavior, 4. Incorporating Human Risk Factors into Organizational Performance, 5. How Emotions Mislead Decision-Makers, 6. Cognitive Readiness – Risk-Solution Designers, 7. The Human Element, 8. Cognitive Risk Governance: Advanced ERM and Cybersecurity.
