Annie Duke

Areas of Expertise: Decision strategy, decision fitness, emotional control, productive decision groups, poker

 

Web Site: www.AnnieDuke.com

 

Twitter Feed: @AnnieDuke

 

Books: “Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don’t Have All The Facts”

 

Topics Presented in Speeches: “Own Your Own Disruption,” “How Winning and Losing Drives Irrational Choices,” “TILT: Managing Your Emotions,” “Hearing IS Believing: Belief Formation and Motivated Reasoning”

 

Email: Info@AnnieDuke.com

 

Biography: 

Annie Duke is an author, and experienced corporate speaker and consultant on the behavior of decision making. On February 6, 2018, Duke’s first book for general audiences, “Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don’t Have All the Facts” was released by Portfolio, an imprint of Penguin Random House. As a former professional poker player, she has won more than $4 million in tournament poker. During her career, she has won a World Series of Poker bracelet, and is the only woman to have won the World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions and the NBC National Poker Heads-Up Championship. A mom of four, she has written five books and raised more than $18 million for charities. Duke is a co-founder of HowIDecide.org, a member of the National Board of After-School All-Stars and a member of the NationSwell Council. In 2016, she joined the board of directors of the Franklin Institute, one of America’s oldest and greatest science museums. She has also won a televised championship in rock-paper-scissors.