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wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome to the H-B-Ridea-cast from Harvard Business Review.

I am Sarah Green.

This week we're trying a bit of an experiment for us.

We're going to bring you three of the top pieces from HBO.org this past week,

red for us by HBO Editors Editors, as a kind of prototype for a possible

new audio offering, if you like it. So let me know what you think on Twitter at SK Green.

This week the topics are going to run the gamut from anxiety and decision making,

the marketing challenge facing the Washington Redskins, and the special challenges that

face older online social networks.

To kick things off, HBR editor Allison Beard is going to read for us

Harvard Business School Professor Francesca Geno's essay

on how anxiety leads our decisions astray.

High stakes decisions, which can range from starting a business to consummating a joint venture,

to hiring or firing someone, have something in common.

They involve high levels of uncertainty.

When so much is unknown or unknowable, trying to decide what the right course of action might be

triggers anxiety.

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