October 17, 2011

"The Art of Choosing" Lecture Series

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 “The Art of Choosing”
 
Lecture Series
 
for NHK Television
 
Sheena Iyengar
 
S.T. Lee Professor of Business
Columbia Business School

 

October 25th, 26th

and November 1st ,14th ,15th

 

6:00 – 8:00 pm, Warren Hall
 
Food and drinks will be provided before each lecture.
 
 
 
 
Ready for an interactive discussion on the topic of choice? 
NHK, Japan’s national public broadcasting organization,
has tapped Columbia Business School Professor Sheena Iyengar
for the popular “Heated Debate in the Classroom” series.
This sequence of five lectures will be videotaped with a live
Columbia student audience and broadcast on NHK in late November. 
Professor Iyengar, a leading expert on the topic of choice, will base her lectures
on her award-winning book, The Art of Choosing.  The video of her
TED lecture on choice has been viewed by over 1 million people worldwide.
 
 
 
Tues, Oct 25, 6:00-8:00pm (Warren 208):
“The Power of Choice: How Choosing Makes Us Human”
 
Wed, Oct 26, 6:00-8:00pm (Warren 311):
“A World of Choices: Different Cultures, Different Minds”
 
Tues, Nov 1, 6:00-8:00pm (Warren 208):
“Gut vs. Reason: How About Neither?”
 
Mon, Nov 14, 6:00-8:00pm (Warren 310):
“Too Much of a Good Thing: How to Manage Choice Overload”
 
Tues, Nov 15, 6:00-8:00pm  (Warren 207):
“The Art of Happiness: Choosing Better Every Day”
 
Participants may sign up for any or all of five lectures, but please know that the
time commitment from 6:00–8:00 is firm. You must register for each session
that you wish to attend.
 
Food and drinks will be available from 5:15 – 6:00 before each lecture.
 
 
 
 
For more information and to register for this series,
 
Contact the Management Department at Columbia Business School with any questionsech2142@columbia.edu