Maine’s 2018 congressional election provides tantalizing evidence that ranked choice voting could help improve our democracy.
Can groups make better decisions than smart individuals?
Research at MIT has identified three factors that correlate to a group’s collective intelligence.
Be the hero of your own story
Will you emerge from an unexpected trial with regret or satisfaction? To be the hero of your own story, anticipate these inevitable tests. Readiness is all.
Decision is the virtue of the will
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Organic Commandments can be the foundation of any rich, creative and productive life. This blog’s favorite: Decision is the virtue of the will.
Google identifies the five traits of high performing teams
Google has identified five traits shared by high performing teams. They have also made available their Team Effectiveness Discussion Guide as well as a tool for fostering psychological safety.
Top ten rules for raising kids
Parenting requires constant and sometimes excruciatingly difficult decision-making. A parent can ease this burden by adopting a set of simple, resolute beliefs.
Using collaborative decision techniques to make an eldercare decision
A family’s wrenching eldercare decisions can be eased and improved using collaborative decision processes, tools and techniques.
Ben Franklin’s tradeoff tool
Ben Franklin devised an ingeniously simple tool for managing the tradeoffs inherent in any complex decision.
How to avoid group think and achieve the wisdom of the crowd
Every day in organizations, groups meet to make decisions. Here are four simple ways to help them avoid group think and achieve the wisdom of the crowd.
Visionize a preferred future
Feel trapped by the circumstances or challenges you face? Need to reinvent your life? Solve a persistent problem? Renew a relationship? Visionizing is a powerful thinking technique designed to elicit transformative strategies and actions. Visionize and create your future!