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Mikkel Rasmussen

The Heart of Humanity

“What distinguishes the risks I’m interested in from mere bravado is that they are taken in the interest of what one is committed to…” *** Hubert Dreyfus is the preeminent expert on …

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The Default-Thinking Method of Problem Solving

You’ve been here before. It’s Monday morning and you walk into the office only to have your boss call an urgent meeting to “streamline processes.” You haven’t thought …

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Sensemaking as a Complement to Default Thinking

Most of the time we devise strategies in the default mode of problem-solving, prioritizing maximum growth and profit through rational and logical analysis. But we already know that rational and …

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