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12/11/2018 by Sean Brady

Could ranked-choice voting help improve our democracy?

Maine’s 2018 congressional election provides tantalizing evidence that ranked choice voting could help improve our democracy.

Filed Under: Decision-making Tagged With: decision-making, group decision system

11/16/2018 by Sean Brady

Can groups make better decisions than smart individuals?

Research at MIT has identified three factors that correlate to a group’s collective intelligence.

Filed Under: Decision-making Tagged With: creative problem solving, decision-making

06/04/2018 by Sean Brady

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.

Filed Under: Decision-making Tagged With: decision-making

08/01/2017 by Sean Brady

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.

Filed Under: Consensus-building, Decision-making Tagged With: consensus, creative problem solving, creativity skills, decision-making, idea generation, innovation

02/17/2017 by Sean Brady

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.

Filed Under: Decision-making Tagged With: decision criteria, decision-making, multiple criteria

02/08/2017 by Sean Brady

Using collaborative decision techniques to make an eldercare decision

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A family’s wrenching eldercare decisions can be eased and improved using collaborative decision processes, tools and techniques.

Filed Under: Decision-making Tagged With: assumptions, decision criteria, decision-making, matrix, multiple criteria, tradeoff

02/07/2017 by Sean Brady

Ben Franklin’s tradeoff tool

Ben Franklin devised an ingeniously simple tool for managing the tradeoffs inherent in any complex decision.

Filed Under: Decision-making Tagged With: decision criteria, decision-making, tradeoff

01/09/2017 by Sean Brady

Strategic planning with a Regional Information Center

The South Central Regional Information Center team engages in a high energy, collaborative strategic planning process. “We’re nailing it, absolutely hammering on our immediate priorities,” reports its director. “It’s been an awesome experience for the whole SCRIC team.”

Filed Under: K-12 education Tagged With: consensus, creativity skills, decision-making, visionizing

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

08/19/2016 by Sean Brady

The life-long toll of I don’t, I won’t, I can’t

The world presents us with incalculable possibilities. Why do we so often reject them in favor of stale habit? Why are we inclined to sabotage opportunities for novelty? Embracing the comfort of the status quo is the scourge. Pursuing the adventure of novelty, the tonic.

Filed Under: Creativity & problem solving Tagged With: biases, creative problem solving, creativity skills, decision-making, visionizing

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