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11/28/2016 by Sean Brady

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.

Filed Under: Consensus-building, Decision-making Tagged With: assumptions, biases, consensus, creative problem solving, decision-making

07/21/2016 by Sean Brady

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!

Filed Under: Decision-making Tagged With: assumptions, biases, creative problem solving, creativity skills, decision-making, mental models, visionizing

02/23/2015 by Sean Brady

Review of “Eight Keys to Better Decision-making”

“While books like Daniel Kahneman’s Thinking Fast and Slow bring theoretical ideas to a mass audience … You Are What You Decide takes a big step towards real-world decision-making showing how anyone can improve their decision-making by adopting a few simple behaviors.”
– Andrew Tait, Chief Technology Officer, Decision Mechanics

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Filed Under: You Are What You Decide Tagged With: assumptions, biases, creative problem solving, creativity skills, decision-making, idea generation, implementation, innovation, mental models, tradeoff, visionizing

07/17/2014 by Sean Brady

Make better decisions now

“You Are What You Decide is a concise book that distills complex ideas into a straightforward, highly readable framework.”
– Sherm Bodner, President and Publisher, Gannett Central New York Media

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Filed Under: You Are What You Decide Tagged With: assumptions, biases, cost-benefit, creative problem solving, creativity skills, decision criteria, decision-making, innovation, mental models, multiple criteria, risk-taking, tradeoff, visionizing, You Are What You Decide

07/08/2013 by Sean Brady

If you don’t go, you won’t know

My brother has coined an aphorism that embodies the creative worldview: If you don’t go, you won’t know. Embrace the world’s richness and diversity.

Filed Under: Creativity & problem solving Tagged With: assumptions, biases, creativity skills

11/01/2012 by Sean Brady

The planning fallacy and optimism bias

Are you considering a major building project? An addition to your home? An information technology overhaul for your business? If so, be acutely aware of the planning fallacy — and try to avoid its pitfalls. Optimism bias may well be the most significant of all cognitive biases. Read on at https://prismdecision.com/the-planning-fallacy-and-optimism-bias

Filed Under: Biases & Fallacies Tagged With: assumptions, biases, decision criteria, decision-making, fallacies

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