Bias affects us all and influences every almost every aspect of our professional lives. It influences our actions and decisions such as what job we… Read More »10 Biggest Biases that Impact Decision Making. Numbers 10 to 6
What do you do when you’re making a big decision and you’ve got multiple options, but different opinions and perspectives on what is most important?… Read More »How to Categorise Your Different Ideas
Here’s a quick tip for defusing “turf wars” and “power struggles”! When 2 managers or teams are arguing over the right solution for a decision… Read More »How to Defuse Turf Wars During Decision Making
Is your team guilty of making pseudo decisions? These are ideas that sound good at the time, but are ridiculous in retrospect. Pseudo-decisions don’t solve… Read More »Is Your Team Guilty of Making Pseudo Decisions?
The European Super League was a very high profile example of how not to make decisions. It shows that senior leaders supported by the best… Read More »5 Reasons Why the Super League Was a Failed Exercise in Decision Making
“Yes” or “No” is a fundamental issue in decision making. A binary decision is a choice between two alternatives. For instance between taking a specific action… Read More »Binary Choices are for Computers, Not for Humans
Every decision a leader makes – every target set, the direction taken – is fundamentally a hypothesis. Or more accurately an educated guess about the… Read More »Why you need to become a Hypothesis Driven Leader
If your emotions are bigger than the thing, it’s not about the thing… Dealing effectively with emotions is a key leadership skill, although under-appreciated and… Read More »Emotions in the workplace
Did you know there are 185 Cognitive biases that affect decision making? That is an overwhelming number to think about so here are 5 important… Read More »So many cognitive biases!
Good decision making is one of the drivers of organisational success. Get it right and you’ll be moving in the right direction, at pace, with… Read More »How to make great decisions