How to Ask for Advice Without Influencing the Answer

Professors Rick Larrick and Jack Soll found that second opinions are most valuable if independent — but advice-seekers undermine their value by asking the wrong question

In every setting, from the workplace to the doctor’s office, few people deny the value of getting a second opinion. However, advice-seeking is most beneficial if the additional opinion is truly independent of the advice-seeker’s judgement, said Rick Larrick, the Hanes Corporation Foundation Professor of Management and… read more