Eyes Wide Open

Resumen del libro

In a fast-moving world we're often overloaded with differing opinions, conflicting data and changing advice. In this essential guide, Noreena Hertz offers practical steps to how to make better, smarter decisions. * Why should you be wary of experts? * Are emails destroying your ability to think? * How do you know which sources of information are credible? * Whose advice should you trust? 'Eyes Wide Open' will help you through the data deluge and show you how to make better and smarter decisions.

By weaving together cutting-edge research with real-world examples from Hollywood to Harry Potter, NASA to World War II spies, Hertz constructs a path to more astute and empowered decision-making in ten clear steps. With razor-sharp insight and an instinct for thought-provoking storytelling, she offers counterintuitive, effective guidance for making better choices-whether you are a businessperson, a professional, a patient, or a parent. 'Eyes Wide Open' is a game-changing book that empowers readers to become confident and wise decision-makers -savvy to how our emotions and habits can trip us up.

Biografía del autor

Noreena Hertz es una reconocida líder intelectual, académica y presentadora, nombrada por The Observer como una de las pensadoras más relevantes del mundo y por Vogue como una de las mujeres más inspiradoras del mundo . Sus éxitos de ventas anteriores, The Silent Takeover, The Debt Threat y Eyes Wide Open, se han publicado en más de veinte países, y sus artículos de opinión han aparecido en The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian y Financial Times. Presentadora de su propio programa en SiriusXM, ha sido conferenciante en TED, en el Foro Económico Mundial en Davos y en Google Zeitgeist. Hertz ostenta un MBA por la Wharton School de la Universidad de Pensilvania y un doctorado por la Universidad de Cambridge; actualmente es profesora en el University College de Londres, donde ostenta una cátedra honoraria.