Biases in Decision Making
ONLINE MASTERCLASS
Thursday, April 30th, 2026
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Enlighten. Lead. Change.
ONLINE MASTERCLASS
Thursday, April 30th, 2026
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Decision biases—individual errors and systematic distortions in judgment—affect all of us, often without our awareness. Examples will be drawn from both classical and recent empirical research to show how these biases influence decision making.
This masterclass focuses on practical, evidence-based ways to identify and reduce cognitive biases in decision making. It explores how our perception, prior assumptions, and mental shortcuts can systematically influence our choices, often without us noticing.
You will discover:
| Why we often seek confirmatory evidence rather than disconfirmatory evidence | ||
| How the way we categorize or frame a problem influences what we see | ||
| The Availability Bias and how it affects our assessment of frequency or probability | ||
| The Anchoring Bias and how prior numbers can influence current estimates | ||
Leave with a practical understanding of common decision biases and tools to make judgments that are more objective, accurate, and reliable.
| Thursday, April 30th, 2026 | ||
| 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM (1-hour session) | ||
| Online | ||
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Formerly an Associate Professor at INSEAD, Marwan Sinaceur co-directed INSEAD’s Social Sciences Research Center from 2007 to 2010. He holds a PhD in Organizational Behavior from Stanford Graduate School of Business. His research focuses on negotiations, emotions, and group decision-making, with a particular interest in the impact of emotional strategies on negotiation effectiveness. His work has been published in leading journals such as the Journal of Applied Psychology and Psychological Science.