Provocative article on how humans deal with new information that might challenge our "comfort zone". There are many ways that leaders can use this insight to open dialogue and foster innovation in teams. Excerpt . . . "Reasoning is actually suffused with emotion —by the time we're consciously "reasoning," we may instead be rationalizing our prior emotional commitments. We may think we're being scientists, but we're actually being lawyers. Our "reasoning" is a means to a predetermined end — winning our "case" — and is shot through with biases."

Made-up minds - The Week