Bibliography

This page lists all references cited in the editions of Point Lookout.

This bibliography is more than just a list of references. For many references, if includes links to websites that offer freely available copies of the referenced work. And for each citation, this bibliography includes links to the editions of Point Lookout that cite that reference. These "reverse citations" are helpful to anyone seeking material related to a given citation.

The references

[Adams, et al., 2021]
Gabrielle S. Adams, Benjamin A. Converse, Andrew H. Hales, and Leidy E. Klotz. "People systematically overlook subtractive changes," Nature 592:7853, (2021), pp. 258-261. Available here. Retrieved 4 June 2024. ||

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Additive Bias…or Not: I," Point Lookout blog, June 26, 2024. Available here
[Aguinis & O'Boyle 2014]
Herman Aguinis and Ernest O'Boyle Jr. "Star performers in twenty-first century organizations." Personnel Psychology 67.2 (2014): pp. 313-350. Available here. Retrieved 25 January 2025.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "On Substituting for a Star," Point Lookout blog, February 12, 2025. Available here
[Aikin & Casey 2011]
Scott F. Aikin and John Casey. "Straw men, weak men, and hollow men," Argumentation 25:1 (2011), pp. 87-105. Available here. Retrieved 27 November 2022.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Straw Man Variants," Point Lookout blog, December 14, 2022. Available here
[Ammer 2006]
Christine Ammer. The Facts on File Dictionary of Clichés, 2nd Edition: Meanings and Origins of Thousands of Terms and Expressions. New York: Checkmark Books, 2006.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "On Begging the Question," Point Lookout blog, March 5, 2025. Available here
[Amundsen 2000]
Roald Amundsen. The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram (1910-1912). BoD-Books on Demand, 2022. Order from Amazon.com.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Handling Heat: I," Point Lookout blog, May 16, 2012. Available here
[APA 2023.1]
American Psychological Association. APA Dictionary of Psychology Available here. Retrieved 3 July 2023.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "On Managing Life Event Risk," Point Lookout blog, July 19, 2023. Available here
[APA 2023.2]
American Psychological Association. APA Dictionary of Psychology Available here. Retrieved 3 July 2023.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "On Managing Life Event Risk," Point Lookout blog, July 19, 2023. Available here
[APA 2023.3]
American Psychological Association. APA Dictionary of Psychology Available here. Retrieved 14 August 2023.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Gaslighting Project Teams," Point Lookout blog, August 30, 2023. Available here
[APA 2025]
American Psychological Association, psychology topics: Trauma, Available here. Retrieved 16 March 2025. (2025)

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Mitigating the Trauma of Being Laid Off," Point Lookout blog, April 2, 2025. Available here
[Appelbaum, et al., 1997]
S.H. Appelbaum, Claude Delage, Nadia Labib, and George Gault. "The survivor syndrome: aftermath of downsizing," Career Development International 2:6, 1997, pp. 278-286.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. Point Lookout blog, September 11, 2024, forthcoming
  • Richard Brenner. "Beating the Layoffs: II," Point Lookout blog, November 20, 2024. Available here
[Aquino, et al., 2006]
Karl Aquino, Thomas M. Tripp, and Robert J. Bies. "Getting Even or Moving On? Power, Procedural Justice, and Types of Offense as Predictors of Revenge, Forgiveness, Reconciliation, and Avoidance in Organizations," Journal of Applied Psychology 91:3 (2006), pp. 653-668.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Cultural Indicators of Political Risk," Point Lookout blog, September 7, 2016. Available here
[Aristotle 350 BCE]
Aristotle. On Sophistical Refutations. Written approximately 350 BCE. Translated 1994 by W. A. Pickard-Cambridge. Available here. Retrieved 20 March 2023.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "The Fallacy of Division," Point Lookout blog, April 5, 2023. Available here
[Arnold, et al., 2012]
Nike Arnold, Lara Ducate, and Claudia Kost. "Collaboration or cooperation? Analyzing group dynamics and revision processes in wikis," Calico Journal 29:3 (2012), pp. 431-448. Available here. Retrieved 15 October 2022.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Cooperations That Need to Be Collaborations," Point Lookout blog, November 9, 2022. Available here
[Arslan 2010]
Coskun Arslan. "An Investigation of Anger and Anger Expression in Terms of Coping with StreBabiak & Hare}

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "How to Answer When You Don't Know How to Answer," Point Lookout blog, April 17, 2024. Available here
[Bacal 2015]
Robert Bacal. "When Teams Aren't Important Or Desirable," World of Work blog, Work911.com. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Wacky Words of Wisdom: IV," Point Lookout blog, August 5, 2015. Available here
[Bales 1955]
Robert F. Bales. "The equilibrium problem in Small Groups," in Small Groups: Studies In Social Interaction, A.P. Hare, Edgar F. Borgatta and Robert F. Bales, eds. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1955, pp. 424-456. Available here. Retrieved 15 December 2022.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Tuckman's Model and Joint Leadership Teams," Point Lookout blog, January 18, 2023. Available here
[Banerjee 1992]
Abhijit V. Banerjee. "A Simple Model of Herd Behavior," The Quarterly Journal of Economics 107:3 (1992), pp. 797-818.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "The Power and Hazards of Anecdotes: II," Point Lookout blog, January 7, 2015. Available here
[Barash 2018]
David P. Barash. "Gaslighting for Dummies," Psychology Today, March 13, 2018. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Strategy for Targets of Verbal Abuse," Point Lookout blog, August 8, 2018. Available here
[Barber 1996]
Michael Barber's A Collection of Humorous Mondegreens.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Conceptual Mondegreens," Point Lookout blog, December 20, 2017. Available here
[Barron & Yechiam 2002]
Greg Barron and Eldad Yechiam. "Private e-mail requests and the diffusion of responsibility," Computers in Human Behavior 18 (2002), pp. 507-520. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "They Don't Reply to My Email," Point Lookout blog, June 10, 2020. Available here
[Bashir 2021]
Adnan Bashir. "To Improve Crisis-Response Plans, Bring in a Red Team," PRSay blog, June 7, 2021. Available here. Retrieved 4 February 2024.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Red Team Reviews of Uphill Briefings," Point Lookout blog, February 21, 2024. Available here
[Baskin 2014]
J.S. Baskin, "According To U.S. Big Data, We Won The Vietnam War," Forbes Magazine, 2014. Available here. Retrieved 6 February 2023.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "The McNamara Fallacy," Point Lookout blog, February 22, 2023. Available here
[Bateson, et al., 1956]
Gregory Bateson, Don D. Jackson, Jay Haley, and John Weakland. "Toward a theory of schizophrenia." Behavioral Science 1:4 (1956), pp. 251-264. Available here. Retrieved 5 June 2022. ||

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Double Binds at Work," Point Lookout blog, June 22, 2022. Available here
[Bateson, et al., 2011]
Melissa Bateson, Suzanne Desire, Sarah E. Gartside, and Geraldine A. Wright. "Agitated honeybees exhibit pessimistic cognitive biases," Current Biology 21:12 (2011), pp. 1070-1073. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Disjoint Awareness: Bias," Point Lookout blog, January 22, 2020. Available here
[Baumeister, et al., 1998]
Roy F. Baumeister, Ellen Bratslavsky, Mark Muraven, and Dianne M. Tice. "Ego Depletion: Is the Active Self a Limited Resource?" Journal or Personality and Social Psychology 74:5 (1998), pp. 1252-1265. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Ego Depletion: An Introduction," Point Lookout blog, November 20, 2013. Available here
[Baumeister & Vohs 2007]
Roy F. Baumeister and Kathleen D. Vohs, eds. Encyclopedia of Social Psychology. Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2007. Order from Amazon.com.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Influence and Belief Perseverance," Point Lookout blog, March 15, 2017. Available here
[Baumeister & Tierney 2011]
Roy F. Baumeister and John Tierney. Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength. New York: Penguin Press, 2011.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Human Limitations and Meeting Agendas," Point Lookout blog, January 22, 2014. Available here
[Bavelas, et al., 1950]
Alex Bavelas, Laurent Beauguitte, Julie Fen-Chong. "Communication patterns in task-oriented groups," The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 22:6 (1950), pp. 725-730. Available here. Retrieved 11 November 2024.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "When Your Supervisor Is Disciplined," Point Lookout blog, December 11, 2024. Available here
  • Richard Brenner. "The Storming Puzzle: I," Point Lookout blog, December 25, 2024. Available here
[Biagioli & Lippman 2020]
Mario Biagioli and Alexandra Lippman, eds. Gaming the metrics: Misconduct and manipulation in academic research. MIT Press, 2020. Available here. Order from Amazon.com.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "The McNamara Fallacy," Point Lookout blog, February 22, 2023. Available here
[Bloomenthal 2022]
Andrew Bloomenthal. "Competitive Intelligence: Definition, Types, and Uses," Investopedia Business Essentials, December 31, 2022. Available here. Retrieved 15 May 2024.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "The Reactive Rescheduling Cycle," Point Lookout blog, June 5, 2024. Available here
[Boehm, et al., 2016]
Barry Boehm, Celia Chen, Kamonphop Srisopha, Reem Alfayez, and Lin Shiy. "Avoiding Non-Technical Sources of Software Maintenance Technical Debt," USC Course notes, Fall 2016.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Seven More Planning Pitfalls: III," Point Lookout blog, October 7, 2020. Available here
  • Richard Brenner. "Risk Creep: I," Point Lookout blog, November 1, 2017. Available here
[Boiney, et al., 1997]
Lindsley G. Boiney, Jane Kennedy and Pete Nye. "Instrumental bias in motivated reasoning: More when more is needed," Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 72:1 (1997), pp. 1-24.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Motivated Reasoning," Point Lookout blog, August 19, 2020. Available here
[Bonebright 2010]
Denise A. Bonebright. "40 years of storming: a historical review of Tuckman's model of small group development," Human Resource Development International 13:1, February 2010, pp. 111-120. Available here. Retrieved 9 October 2024.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. Point Lookout blog, November 6, 2024, forthcoming
[Boulding 1990]
Kenneth E. Boulding, Three Faces of Power, SAGE Publications, Inc., (1990), p. 63. Order from Amazon.com.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Patterns of Conflict Escalation: II," Point Lookout blog, February 10, 2016. Available here
[Brayton 2013]
Ed Brayton. "Poker, Psychology and the Science of Tells," November 16, (2013), Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Wishful Interpretation: II," Point Lookout blog, November 18, 2015. Available here
[Brenner 2001]
Richard Brenner. "Never, Ever, Kill the Messenger," Point Lookout blog, November 7, 2001. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Intentionally Misreporting Status: II," Point Lookout blog, April 29, 2020. Available here
[Brenner 2001.1]
Richard Brenner. "You Remind Me of Helen Hunt," Point Lookout blog, June 6, 2001. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Illusory Management: II," Point Lookout blog, September 15, 2021. Available here
[Brenner 2002]
Richard Brenner. "Think in Living Color," Point Lookout blog, June 26, 2002. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Collaborations That Need to Be Cooperations," Point Lookout blog, November 16, 2022. Available here
[Brenner 2002.1]
Richard Brenner. "Some Causes of Scope Creep," Point Lookout blog, September 4, 2002. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Project Procrastination," Point Lookout blog, August 14, 2024. Available here
[Brenner 2003]
Richard Brenner. "Plenty of Blame to Go Around," Point Lookout blog, August 27, 2003. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "On Reporting Noncompliance," Point Lookout blog, May 25, 2022. Available here
[Brenner 2003.1]
Richard Brenner. "Plopping," Point Lookout blog, October 22, 2003. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Self-Importance and Conversational Narcissism at Work: II," Point Lookout blog, October 11, 2023. Available here
[Brenner 2004]
Richard Brenner. "The Power of Presuppositions," Point Lookout blog, September 1, 2004. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Nasty Questions: II," Point Lookout blog, November 15, 2006. Available here
  • Richard Brenner. "Straw Man Variants," Point Lookout blog, December 14, 2022. Available here
[Brenner 2004.1]
Richard Brenner. "Take Any Seat: I," Point Lookout blog, May 26, 2004. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Newly Virtual Politics: Meetings," Point Lookout blog, November 18, 2020. Available here
[Brenner 2005]
Richard Brenner. "Is It Blame or Is It Accountability?," Point Lookout blog, December 21, 2005. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "On Assigning Responsibility for Creating Trouble," Point Lookout blog, December 27, 2017. Available here
  • Richard Brenner. "Bad Trouble: Misdirection," Point Lookout blog, August 25, 2021. Available here
  • Richard Brenner. "On Reporting Noncompliance," Point Lookout blog, May 25, 2022. Available here
  • Richard Brenner. "When Retrospectives Turn into Blamefests: I," Point Lookout blog, July 24, 2024. Available here
[Brenner 2005.1]
Richard Brenner. "Top Ten Signs of a Blaming Culture," Point Lookout blog, February 16, 2005. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "When Retrospectives Turn into Blamefests: II," Point Lookout blog, July 31, 2024. Available here
[Brenner 2006]
Richard Brenner. "Nasty Questions: I," Point Lookout blog, November 8, 2006. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "The Tweaking CC," Point Lookout blog, February 7, 2001. Available here
[Brenner 2006.1]
Richard Brenner. "Asking Brilliant Questions," Point Lookout blog, November 22, 2006. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Critical Thinking and Midnight Pizza," Point Lookout blog, April 23, 2003. Available here
[Brenner 2006.2]
Richard Brenner. "Nasty Questions: II," Point Lookout blog, November 15, 2006. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "The Power of Presuppositions," Point Lookout blog, September 1, 2004. Available here
[Brenner 2006.3]
Richard Brenner. "The True Costs of Indirectness," Point Lookout blog, November 29, 2006. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "The Power of Presuppositions," Point Lookout blog, September 1, 2004. Available here
[Brenner 2006.4]
Richard Brenner. "Deliver the Headline First," Point Lookout blog, May 3, 2006. Available here.||

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "The Major Annoyance of Mini-Digressions," Point Lookout blog, August 18, 2021. Available here
[Brenner 2007]
Richard Brenner. "Changing the Subject: I," Point Lookout blog, February 21, 2007. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "The Unappreciative Boss," Point Lookout blog, September 22, 2004. Available here
[Brenner 2009]
Richard Brenner. "The Paradox of Confidence," Point Lookout blog, January 7, 2009. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Time Slot Recycling: The Risks," Point Lookout blog, March 29, 2023. Available here
[Brenner 2011]
Richard Brenner. "The Reification Error and Performance Management," Point Lookout blog, September 28, 2011. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Goodhart's Law and Reification," Point Lookout blog, March 1, 2023. Available here
[Brenner 2012]
Richard Brenner. "The Halo Effect," Point Lookout blog, March 21, 2012. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Bullet Point Madness: II," Point Lookout blog, March 25, 2020. Available here
  • Richard Brenner. "Unrecognized Bullying: III," Point Lookout blog, September 14, 2022. Available here
[Brenner 2012.1]
Richard Brenner. "Some Subtleties of ad hominem Attacks," Point Lookout blog, November 14, 2012. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Wishful Significance: I," Point Lookout blog, December 16, 2015. Available here
[Brenner 2013]
Richard Brenner. "Social Entry Strategies: I," Point Lookout blog, September 18, 2013. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Entry Intimidation," Point Lookout blog, May 15, 2019. Available here
[Brenner 2013.1]
Richard Brenner. "Social Entry Strategies: II," Point Lookout blog, September 25, 2013. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Entry Intimidation," Point Lookout blog, May 15, 2019. Available here
[Brenner 2013.2]
Richard Brenner. "Overtalking: I," Point Lookout blog, October 16, 2013. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Exploitation and Conversational Narcissism at Work: II," Point Lookout blog, October 25, 2023. Available here
[Brenner 2014]
Richard Brenner. "Scope Creep, Hot Hands, and the Illusion of Control," Point Lookout blog, February 26, 2014. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Wishful Thinking and Perception: I," Point Lookout blog, October 28, 2015. Available here
[Brenner 2014.1]
Richard Brenner. "Changing Blaming Cultures," Point Lookout blog, March 5, 2014. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "When Retrospectives Turn into Blamefests: II," Point Lookout blog, July 31, 2024. Available here
[Brenner 2015]
Richard Brenner. "Managing Wishful Thinking Risk," Point Lookout blog, October 21, 2015. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Wishful Interpretation: I," Point Lookout blog, November 11, 2015. Available here
[Brenner 2015.1]
Richard Brenner. "Managing Wishful Thinking Risk," Point Lookout blog, October 21, 2015. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Wishful Significance: I," Point Lookout blog, December 16, 2015. Available here
[Brenner 2015.2]
Richard Brenner. "Holding Back: II," Point Lookout blog, September 16, 2015. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Narcissistic Behavior at Work: IV," Point Lookout blog, April 11, 2018. Available here
[Brenner 2015.3]
Richard Brenner. "Call in the Right Expert," Point Lookout blog, December 30, 2015. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "When Fixing It Doesn't Fix It: I," Point Lookout blog, January 6, 2016. Available here
[Brenner 2015.4]
Richard Brenner. "Overconfidence at Work," Point Lookout blog, April 15, 2015. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Lessons Not Learned: II," Point Lookout blog, August 23, 2023. Available here
[Brenner 2015.5]
Richard Brenner. "Contextual Causes of Conflict: I," Point Lookout blog, October 7, 2015. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Newly Virtual Politics: Choices," Point Lookout blog, November 25, 2020. Available here
[Brenner 2016.1]
Richard Brenner. "The Psychology and Politics of Technical Debt," Cutter Business Technology Journal, March 2016.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "How We Waste Time: II," Point Lookout blog, October 12, 2016. Available here
[Brenner 2017.1]
Richard Brenner. "A policymaker's definition of technical debt," TechDebtPolicy Blog, November 10, 2017.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Conway's Law and Technical Debt," Point Lookout blog, January 30, 2019. Available here
[Brenner 2017.2]
Richard Brenner. "Performance Issues for Nonsupervisors," Point Lookout blog, July 12, 2017. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "The Major Annoyance of Mini-Digressions," Point Lookout blog, August 18, 2021. Available here
[Brenner 2018]
Richard Brenner. "Narcissistic Behavior at Work: I," Point Lookout blog, February 28, 2018. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Project Procrastination," Point Lookout blog, August 14, 2024. Available here
[Brenner 2019.1]
Richard Brenner. "Power Distance and Teams," Point Lookout blog, October 23, 2019. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Power Distance and Teams," Point Lookout blog, October 23, 2019. Available here
[Brenner 2019.2]
Richard Brenner. "The Rhyme-as-Reason Effect," Point Lookout blog, December 11, 2019. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Perfectionism and Avoidance," Point Lookout blog, August 21, 2019. Available here
  • Richard Brenner. "Bad Trouble: Coping strategies," Point Lookout blog, September 1, 2021. Available here
[Brenner 2019.3]
Richard Brenner. "Guidelines for Curmudgeon Teams," Point Lookout blog, January 16, 2019. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Project Procrastination," Point Lookout blog, August 14, 2024. Available here
[Brenner 2019.4]
Richard Brenner. "Conway's Law and Technical Debt," Point Lookout blog, January 30, 2019. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "When Your Supervisor Is Disciplined," Point Lookout blog, December 11, 2024. Available here
  • Richard Brenner. "Subgrouping and Conway's Law," Point Lookout blog, December 18, 2024. Available here
[Brenner 2019.5]
Richard Brenner, "Balancing resources and load: Eleven nontechnical phenomena that contribute to formation or persistence of technical debt," 2019 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Technical Debt (TechDebt). IEEE, 2019.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "When Your Supervisor Is Disciplined," Point Lookout blog, December 11, 2024. Available here
  • Richard Brenner. "Subgrouping and Conway's Law," Point Lookout blog, December 18, 2024. Available here
[Brenner 2020.1]
Richard Brenner. "Concealed Capability Inversions: Questions," Point Lookout blog, May 27, 2020. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Capability Inversions and Workplace Abuse," Point Lookout blog, May 11, 2022. Available here
[Brenner 2020.2]
Richard Brenner. "Capability Inversions and the Dunning-Kruger Effect," Point Lookout blog, June 3, 2020. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Capability Inversions and Workplace Abuse," Point Lookout blog, May 11, 2022. Available here
[Brenner 2020.3]
Richard Brenner. "The Planning Dysfunction Cycle," Point Lookout blog, June 24, 2020. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Anticipating Absence: Passings," Point Lookout blog, December 30, 2020. Available here
[Brenner 2020.4]
Richard Brenner. "Motivated Reasoning," Point Lookout blog, August 19, 2020. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Risk Acceptance: One Path," Point Lookout blog, March 3, 2021. Available here
[Brenner 2020.5]
Richard Brenner. "Virtual Meetings: Then and Now," Point Lookout blog, April 1, 2020. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Newly Virtual Politics: Meetings," Point Lookout blog, November 18, 2020. Available here
[Brenner 2020.6]
Richard Brenner. "Seven Planning Pitfalls: III," Point Lookout blog, September 16, 2020. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Rescheduling: Project Factors," Point Lookout blog, May 29, 2024. Available here
[Brenner 2020.7]
Richard Brenner. "Seven Planning Pitfalls: II," Point Lookout blog, September 9, 2020. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "On Lying by Omission," Point Lookout blog, March 19, 2025. Available here
[Brenner 2021.1]
Richard Brenner. "Formulaic Utterances: I," Point Lookout blog, September 22, 2021. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Formulaic Utterances: III," Point Lookout blog, June 29, 2022. Available here
[Brenner 2021.2]
Richard Brenner. "Formulaic Utterances: II," Point Lookout blog, September 29, 2021. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Formulaic Utterances: III," Point Lookout blog, June 29, 2022. Available here
[Brenner 2021.3]
Richard Brenner. "Choice-Supportive Bias," Point Lookout blog, April 21, 2021. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Improvement Bias," Point Lookout blog, January 31, 2024. Available here
[Brenner 2022]
Richard Brenner. "Logical Presentation Can Be Ineffective," Point Lookout blog, March 2, 2022. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Covert Verbal Abuse at Work," Point Lookout blog, August 10, 2022. Available here
[Brenner 2022.1]
Richard Brenner. "Premortems," Point Lookout blog, March 23, 2022. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Project Procrastination," Point Lookout blog, August 14, 2024. Available here
[Brenner 2022.2]
Richard Brenner. "Bullying by Proxy: I," Point Lookout blog, October 19, 2022. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Workplace Bullying: Power," Point Lookout blog, April 9, 2025. Available here
[Brenner 2023]
Richard Brenner. "Contrary Indicators of Psychological Safety: I," Point Lookout blog, December 13, 2023. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "When Retrospectives Turn into Blamefests: III," Point Lookout blog, August 7, 2024. Available here
  • Richard Brenner. "When Retrospectives Turn into Blamefests: I," Point Lookout blog, July 24, 2024. Available here
[Brenner 2024]
Richard Brenner. "Red Team Reviews of Uphill Briefings," Point Lookout blog, February 21, 2024. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Project Procrastination," Point Lookout blog, August 14, 2024. Available here
[Brenner 2024.2]
Richard Brenner. "Subgrouping and Conway's Law," Point Lookout blog, December 18, 2024. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "The Storming Puzzle: I," Point Lookout blog, December 25, 2024. Available here
[Brenner 2025.1]
Richard Brenner. "The Storming Puzzle: Six Principles," Point Lookout blog, January 8, 2025. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "On Shaking Things Up," Point Lookout blog, February 5, 2025. Available here
[Bressen 2007]
Tree Bressen. "Consensus decision making," in The Change Handbook: The definitive resource on today's best methods for engaging whole systems (2007): pp. 212-217. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Multi-Expert Consensus," Point Lookout blog, July 8, 2020. Available here
[Brooks 1982]
Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. The Mythical Man-Month. Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1982. Order from Amazon.com.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Conway's Law and Technical Debt," Point Lookout blog, January 30, 2019. Available here
  • Richard Brenner. "Subgrouping and Conway's Law," Point Lookout blog, December 18, 2024. Available here
[Brown & Paulus 2002]
Vincent R. Brown and Paul B. Paulus. "Making Group Brainstorming More Effective: Recommendations From an Associative Memory Perspective," Current Directions in Psychological Science 11:6 (2002), pp. 208-212. Available here.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Brainstorming and Speedstorming: I," Point Lookout blog, February 20, 2019. Available here
[Brown & Vaughan 2010]
Stuart Brown and Christopher Vaughan. Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul. New York: Avery, 2010. Order from Amazon.com.

Cited in:

  • Richard Brenner. "Playing at Work," Point Lookout blog, August 28, 2019. Available here
[Brunsson 1998]
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Cited in:

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Cited in:

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Cited in:

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  • Richard Brenner. "Newly Virtual Politics: Meetings," Point Lookout blog, November 18, 2020. Available here
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Cited in:

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Cited in:

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Cited in:

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Cited in:

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Cited in:

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Cited in:

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Cited in:

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Cited in:

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  • Richard Brenner. "What Do We Actually Know?," Point Lookout blog, July 13, 2022. Available here
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Cited in:

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Cited in:

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Cited in:

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