Centre for Management Practice & SMU Libraries Present
Fireside Chat with Professor Jochen Reb
Friday, 10 March 2023, 12 PM - 2:30 PM (SGT)
Learning Lab 1, Li Ka Shing Library, Level 5
We often think of decision making as an information-processing activity – even more so in the age of big data, AI, and machine learning algorithms.
However, arguably even more fundamental than information is attention. As American social scientist Herbert Simon observed: “A wealth of information creates a poverty of attention.”
In this fireside chat, we examine the role of internal awareness of one’s BETA – body sensations, emotions, thoughts, and action impulses – and external awareness of context, ecology, and feedback. Together, internal and external awareness help us make more accurate predictions and select appropriate decision strategies, resulting in better decisions.
Programme
12 PM – 12:30 PM
Registration, Bento Lunch Networking & Showcase of Resources
12:30 PM – 12:40 PM
Opening Remarks by Dr Havovi Joshi
Director, Centre for Management Practice
12:40 PM – 1:40 PM
Fireside Chat with Jochen Reb
Professor of Organisational Behaviour & Human Resources; Director, Mindfulness Initiatives
Moderated by Tarmo Raudsepp
Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) Candidate, SMU;
Vice President, Business Optimisation, Borouge Pte Ltd
1:40 PM – 2:15 PM
Q & A
2:15 PM – 2:30 PM
Resource Showcase &
Closing Remarks by Yeo Pin Pin
Head, Research Services
Jointly organised by
