For example, when debating a course of action ... One of the few management papers to address the Stockdale Paradox summarizes research on “mental contrasting,” a sequenced-visualization ...

It’s called the Stockdale paradox, and it’s a concept he first recorded in Good to Great back in 2001. He had met for lunch with Admiral James Stockdale, who’d been the highest-ranking ...

It’s what is now called the Stockdale Paradox. “Seeing the path ahead is incredibly powerful,” says Tom Gilovich, a professor of psychology at Cornell University. Even if the odds aren’t ...

This idea led Jim Collins, author of Good to Great, to describe the term Stockdale Paradox. Epictetus taught Stockdale that a file exists within his mind containing “things that are within his ...

Many others did not fare so well. Then comes the paradox: While Stockdale had remarkable faith in the unknowable, he noted that it was always the most optimistic of his prisonmates who failed to ...

While there are many proven techniques and strategies for utilizing the power of both ‘positive’ and ‘negative’ thinking, the Stockdale Paradox provides an accessible and practical philosophy for ...

The analogy of the Stockdale Paradox attempts to project the future for the ANC amid the current dilemma the party finds itself in following a series of scandals in spite of the new broom in the ...

Jim Collins in his best-selling book ‘Good to Great’, shares an interesting counter-intuitive insight which he refers to as ‘The Stockdale Paradox’. This is named after Admiral James ...

For example, when debating a course of action ... One of the few management papers to address the Stockdale Paradox summarizes research on “mental contrasting,” a sequenced-visualization ...

The Stockdale Paradox and survival psychology contain wisdom for how leaders can manage the coronavirus crisis, according to Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams. <form runat="server"></form> ...