Predictability

topic on 3 shows · 4 statements across 4 episodes

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4 statements about Predictability, every show

Voss: Negotiation trust is fundamentally built on predictability
“What people really don't understand is how important trust is, and trust is based on your, how predictable you are. Take out the word trust to put in the word predictability. You all automatically become more trustworthy because you're predictable.”
Chris Voss Sep 17, 2025 ▶ 36:50 5 Lessons in Business Negotiation from an FBI Hostage Negotiator
Schaad: Adaptive AI UIs clash with user desire for predictable controls
“And the challenges, of course, are kind of predictability. People love to have like their, you know, billion buttons and like the exact place.”
Raphael Schaad Feb 27, 2025 ▶ 26:11 AI Interfaces Of The Future | Design Review · Y Combinator
Rushkoff: Building resilience and metabolizing novel experiences beats insulating against unpredictability
“The world is scary and wet and dark and female and unknown and unpredictable and all that, but you don't want to compensate for that with more with predictability and insulation. What you want to do is Is enhance your resilience, and your wonder, and your abil…”
Douglas Rushkoff Nov 16, 2021 ▶ 49:24 #124 Douglas Rushkoff: The Perils of Modern Media
Voss: Replacing 'Trust' with 'Predictability' Leads to Better Decisions
“If you can substitute the word predict for trust or predictable for trust, then put you in a much more rational frame of mind and you can see things easier and then you can make better decisions.”
Chris Voss Jan 3, 2018 ▶ 1:11:35 #27 Chris Voss: The Art of Letting Other People Have Your Way

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