Cognitive Biases for Accountants
2.00 Credits
Member Price $89
Non-Member Price $109
Overview
The course provides a concise overview of cognitive biases - thinking errors and “brain bugs” that may distort perceptions, compromise ethics, trigger inaccurate judgments, and spark illogical interpretations in your accounting work. Discover the most common types of cognitive biases in the profession, and how to recognize and address these flaws and blindspots in your “mental firmware”. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.
Highlights
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:
- What are cognitive biases?
- Common judgment biases in the accounting profession
- Professional judgment frameworks
- How to use psychology to your advantage
- Simple and pragmatic steps to overcome bias
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Prerequisites
None
Designed For
Practitioners who want to improve their decisions by developing an awareness of the biases that may affect their thought process and problem-solving, both personally and professionally.
Objectives
After attending this presentation you will be able to...
- Raise awareness of unconscious biases that may unintentionally impact your judgment and ethical practices
- Evaluate heuristics -- or mental shortcuts -- that allow people to make decisions quickly and efficiently, but may lead individuals astray in their thought process
- Discover how to spot and counter biases to help maintain objectivity
Preparation
None
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
Garrett Wasny, CPA Crossings, LLC Two Commerce Square
Garrett Wasny, MA, CMC, CITP/FIBP is a professional development consultant to accountants, attorneys, and engineers worldwide and a former management consultant with Pricewaterhouse. He advises high skill knowledge workers on how to thrive in the digital age and unleash their online potential using productivity, search, mobile and social technologies. He has authored two books: Global Business Resources.com, published by McGraw-Hill, and How to Conquer the World published by Government Institutes in Washington, D.C. He has also co-authored Using the Web to Compete in a Global Marketplace, published by John Wiley & Sons. His other writing credits include 20 e-books and more than 100 published articles on internet strategy for dozens of leading business publications worldwide. He’s also an award winning speaker who’s delivered more than 1,000 webinars and seminars on internet topics to hundreds of organizations in North America, Europe and Asia.
Non-Member Price $109
Member Price $89