Psychologyspeaking topic
Anchoring: why does the first number spoken in a negotiation drop anchor in our heads? How can even a completely irrelevant number pull our later estimates toward it?
— Tversky and Kahneman, the anchoring effect
practice with this topic
Set the timer (5-30 min), take 20 seconds of prep if you like, start talking. Jot your thoughts onto the sticky-note board.
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