Malcolm Gladwell is one of my favourite writers. He has that rare ability to find stories that link together to both inform and entertain. The subject of Blink is what Galdwell calls ‘thin slicing’; the ability of our intuition to make a decision based on a momentary exposure to information. As a therapist and trainer it’s useful on several levels: Gladwell shows how intuition that’s untrained by effort and experience is capable of glaring errors, and also he has interesting things to say about the nature of how we acquire our ability to ‘know’ something without knowing how we know. A great book to take on holiday.
Blink. The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Cognitive Hypnotherapy: What's That About and How Can I Use It?
Word Weaving: The science of Suggestion
Word Weaving II: The question is the answer
on Jul 3rd, 2009 at 8:09 am
I’m going against the tide here, but was disappointed in this book after his others. I felt it was little more than a collection of stories of tipping points with no practical advice on how to get a point tipping. Perhaps I need to re-read it.