Saturday night, a horse and a jockey with 80-1 odds stunned the horse racing world by coming from behind to win the prestigious Kentucky Derby. The only other horse to win with longer odds was Donerail in 1913, at 91-1-- more than a century earlier. If this isn't an object lesson in how we never know when our chance will strike, then nothing is.
In the spring of 2019, we got a call to do a workshop at a fund that Jared Dillian (Daily Dirtnap) had referred us to. They were having an offsite meeting for their global team and wanted us to do a comprehensive workshop on the latest psychology of investing and…
Temporarily despairing could be the clue for the Brown to prevail in Pittsburgh
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The ReThink Group Launches “Intuition Brain Game” as Part of Intuition and Conviction Training to Help Portfolio Managers, Traders and Risk Decision Makers Develop their Instincts and Mitigate Risk Program links decision neuroscience, psychological research, behavioral economics, and a person’s internal intuitive voice to improve decision making…
ReThink is so pleased to announce our work with Andy Papa and the Pit Crews of Hendrick MotorSports. We are working with each cup team - Cars 9, 24, 48 and 88 and the various levels of development teams, two of which support cars 37 and 47. We began with…
The ReThink Group is proud to announce that our CEO Denise Shull, the inspiration behind the #WendyRhoades character on Showtime’s #BILLIONS, is featured in Mediaplanet’s latest campaign launching today, November 14, 2018 in USA Today. ‘Employee Engagement’ creates a 360 guide for the entire engagement journey from recruitment to recognition…
Here’s an example of how leaning into all of your feelings - even the so-called "negative feelings" - works. This morning I went to my usual, fairly challenging, workout class at Equinox. Between my own suspected concussion (surf board to head) + my dog’s trip to the emergency room, I’d…
A few months ago, when Preet Bharara was fired by Trump and then asked if watching BILLIONS was now weird, he responded "Well, for some people, it's always been weird". As they say, "I feel ya', man". It's a statement I totally get! To watch Maggie Siff play Wendy catapults me…
Trading is hard. This far-flung, never-ending electronic poker game serves up a mental challenge unlike any other. Anything can happen at any time. It looks like a numbers game but it's really a people game. The data are numbers but the information is in the relationships between, and the implications…
“I got them all wrong” exclaimed one private equity portfolio manager. “Ha! Right!” said another Chief Investment Officer when I suggested that the pattern recognition skills embedded in succeeding with the Bloomberg Tradebook Trader Brain Exercise (TBX > GO) resembled private equity decisions. With almost ten thousand players, this exercise/game illustrates an underlying…