Lovallo on Confirmation Bias

Confirmation bias Is probably the single biggest problem in business, because even the most sophisticated people get it wrong. People go out and they’re collecting the data, and they don’t realize they’re cooking the books.

Dan Lovallo, interview with Dan Heath, quoted in Decisive, Chip and Dan Heath, page 12.

By Tyler Peterson

Web Developer and a hiring manager at an established technology company on Utah's Silicon Slopes in Lehi.