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The Art of the Good Life: clear thinking for business and a better life

Hosted by the LSE Business Review

Old Theatre, Old Building,

Speaker

Rolf Dobelli

Rolf Dobelli

Chair

Helena Vieira

Helena Vieira

Rolf Dobelli, the bestselling author of The Art of Thinking Clearly returns to the UK to discuss his new book The Art of the Good Life. Join us for a talk in which Rolf will provide some surprising and indispensable mental shortcuts for better decision-making in life, work and business.

Rolf Dobelli (@dobelli) is a Swiss writer, novelist and entrepreneur. He has an MBA and a PhD in economic philosophy from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, and is a co-founder of getAbstract, the world's leading provider of book summaries. 

Helena Vieira (@helenavieira1) is LSE Business Review’s managing editor.

LSE Business Review (@LSEforBusiness) is a blog that promotes the dialogue between researchers and society on topics related to business and economics. 

Twitter Hashtag for this event: #LSEgoodlife

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