Новинки Гэри Клайна

Все мы видели кадры с пожарными, спасающими людей из горящих зданий, или медработниками, помогающими жертвам бомбардировок. Как этим людям удается принимать за доли секунды решения, от которых зависит жизнь? В большинстве исследований принятия решений, основанных на искусственных лабораторных задачах, испытуемые рассматриваются в качестве неопытных людей с мешающими им предубеждениями. Клайн предлагает натуралистический подход, предполагающий, что люди приобретают опыт, позволяющий, принимая решения, использовать интуицию в сочетании с анализом.
Для его иллюстрации Клайн рассказывает истории о разных людях, начиная с пилотов самолетов и заканчивая гроссмейстерами, которые добивались успехов в реальных условиях, характеризующихся дефицитом времени, высокими ставками, личной ответственностью и большой динамичностью.

At times in our careers, we've all been aware of a "gut feeling" guiding our decisions. Too often, we dismiss these feelings as "hunches" and therefore untrustworthy. But renowned researcher Gary Klein reveals that, in fact, 90 percent of the critical decisions we make is based on our intuition. In his new book, The Power of Intuition, Klein shows that intuition, far from being an innate "sixth sense," is a learnable-and essential-skill. Based on interviews with senior executives who make important judgments swiftly, as well as firefighters, emergency medical staff, soldiers, and others who often face decisions with immediate life-and-death…

Anyone who watches the television news has seen images of firefighters rescuing people from burning buildings and paramedics treating bombing victims. How do these individuals make the split-second decisions that save lives? Most studies of decision making, based on artificial tasks assigned in laboratory settings, view people as biased and unskilled. Gary Klein is one of the developers of the naturalistic decision making approach, which views people as inherently skilled and experienced. It documents human strengths and capabilities that so far have been downplayed or ignored. Since 1985, Klein has conducted fieldwork to find out how people tackle challenges in difficult, nonroutine situations. Sources of Power is based on observations of humans acting under such real-life constraints as time pressure, high stakes, personal responsibility, and shifting conditions. The professionals studied include firefighters, critical care nurses, pilots, nuclear power plant operators, battle planners, and chess masters. Each chapter builds on key incidents and examples to make the description of the methodology and phenomena more vivid. In addition to providing information that can be used by professionals in management, psychology, engineering, and other fields, the book presents an overview of the research approach of naturalistic decision making and expands our knowledge of the strengths people bring to difficult tasks.