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Blind Spots: Why Smart People Do Dumb Things
by Madeleine L. Van Hecke
from Prometheus Books
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 
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Clear and concise explanation 
I found this book to be very good and I recommend it to others who are looking for ways to identify and fix performance blind spots. Explanations were very clear and I had no trouble following the content. I thought the recommendations, provided by the book to help identify and remedy my blind spots when dealing with situations and people, were excellent.
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Pablum!!! 
I had high expectations but all I got was common sense....stop and think, look from somebody else's perspective, etc. This was very disappointing. I expected some science and some insight.
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Too much common sense & too little insight
I must start by saying I only read the first 65 or so pages (about 1/3rd of the book) before the author lost my attention. She filled the first several pages with a shallow discussion of commom tenets your parents or teachers probably already shared with you. I paraphrase: 'Stop and think before you act'; 'What you don't know CAN hurt you'; 'Don't miss the forest for the trees.'
In the subsequent chapters, she attempted to dive more deeply into the reasons these tenets ring true. As I read through the... more info
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Get ...and stay...Smart!
If every person in a position of responsibility read this book, perhaps there would be fewer catastrophes! Granted, there are so many things at play in complex situations, a mere human may not be able to change entire outcomes. However, there are so many stupid decisions that contribute to ruin ... and that can be changed. That's why this book is so important.
Van Hecke presents 10 Blind Spots:
1. Not Stopping to Think
2. What You Don't Know Can Hurt You
3. Not Noticing
4. Not... more info
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