In 2021, three giants in the fields of psychology, business strategy, and public policy published a new book: Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony, and Cass Sunstein, Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment . For my money, this book belongs on the shelf of every procurement professional. it has very practical advice. Chapter 8, "How Groups Amplify Noise," itself is worth the price. The book is focused on professional judgments, starting with the premise that a judgment is a measurement. A judgment is an attempt to be as accurate as possible in matching a decision to reality, whether in a predictive judgment or an evaluative judgment. Think about it, procurement ...