Jack Soll

Jack B. Soll is the Gregory Mario & Jeremy Mario Distinguished Professor of management and organizations at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, having joined Duke in 2005. His research focuses on managerial decision making, group decision making, and critical thinking. He has taught courses in decision making, managerial effectiveness, leadership, negotiations, and statistics, both in executive education and daytime MBA programs. His work explores the psychology of judgment and decision making, with a focus on overconfidence and its implications for public policy. He has published in scholarly journals such as Science, Management Science, and Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes.

Jack Soll is a Professor at Duke University specializing in Judgment and Decision Making. His research explores how individuals form judgments, make decisions, and respond to information. He investigates cognitive biases, overconfidence, and the role of social influences in decision-making processes. His work includes studies on mental budgeting, the MPG illusion, and the wisdom of crowds. Soll also examines how power affects confidence and accuracy, as well as the impact of social comparison on overconfidence. His research highlights the importance of understanding how people process information and how to mitigate biases in judgment and decision-making.