Imagine that you are approaching a traffic light and need to make a decision whether to stop or move full speed ahead. This becomes easier to decide when you are given sufficient information – the light is red, orange or green. But how do you decide if the traffic lights don’t work for some reason. Now you need to process different bits of information about the traffic that’s coming from the left, the right, the pedestrians…
Category: Decision Making and Problem Solving (Page 2 of 2)
Ask one of your colleagues or a fellow manager or this person trapped inside your body how they make decisions and the answer is usually a considered and sensible one. “I think through all the available information and facts and look at all the alternatives and possibilities then decide”. Oh yeah? Not likely! The reality is that ninety times out of hundred, we make lazy, uninformed and emotional decisions that are based on the way we think about the world and the people around us…
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