ASSESSMENT
Issue #288
17 Apr 2022
“Green lumber fallacy” to describe scenarios where a group of people in a domain mistake irrelevant knowledge for essential knowledge….
Fascinating post on a cognitive bias which is under examined, particularly when it comes to candidate assessment. We all profess a commitment to ‘hiring for values’ or ‘hiring for attitude’ but our revealed preferences suggests that we too are often guilty of green lumber fallacy. Superb reading.