Bridging Business & IT

S1 E3 Part 1: The Cause - Our Brain Doesn’t Work the Way We Thought

August 20, 2021 Dave Burrill and Dan Burrill Season 1 Episode 3
Bridging Business & IT
S1 E3 Part 1: The Cause - Our Brain Doesn’t Work the Way We Thought
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Our entire approach to running IT projects is based on an unspoken assumption that is so deeply engrained in our culture it’s treated as a given. There’s only one problem with this assumption—it’s wrong. Humans are not rational actors who control their thoughts and actions. We don’t control our brain. Our brain controls us in ways, and to an extent, we never imagined. Part one of this episode begins to unpack this discovery and explain its consequences.

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These podcasts are dedicated to bridging the gap between business & IT. Each episode looks at different aspects of this relationship as we explore ways to help the two groups better communicate. We're passionate about this topic because it's a failure to communicate that causes 75% of all IT project failures and costs the US $1.8 Trillion every year—8% of US GDP!

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