Working In Uncertainty

Reasonable influence

Reasonable influence is both the theme of some of my work and the title of a forthcoming book.

The book draft currently stands at over 300,000 words and covers a huge number of situations. It has been under development for several years.

• Uncertainty and making friends (2021, detailed guide) (EPUB version for easy reading on smaller screens)
• Promoting social harmony (2020, detailed guide)
• Finding unfairly biased assessments of people (2020, detailed guide)
• Making statements about demographic groups (2018, detailed guidance) (EPUB version for easy reading on smaller screens)
• Encouraging people to be CRED (capable, rational, ethical, diligent) (2017, guide)
• Reporting uncertain news: how the BBC can do better (2017, detailed analysis)
• The ethics of faulty thinking (2016, article) (EPUB version for easy reading on smaller screens)
• Chairing meetings (2014, detailed guidance)
• How to comfort a child in pain (2010, short guide)
• Giving ideas (2006, guide)
• Open and honest about risk and uncertainty (2004, article)
• Understanding uncertainty in interpersonal encounters (2003, article)
• How to be convincing when you are uncertain (2003, short guide)
• How to talk openly about uncertainty at work (2003, short guide)

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