Critical Decisions
Making Critical Decisions
When the stakes are high
How do you make wise decisions when you're under pressure and out of time?
What's the best approach for big decisions? Your Gut? Your Heart? Your Brain? A mix of all of them? Or an Algorithm?
How do you know when to play it safe and when to do something audacious?
Drawing on a wealth of experience and research, you’ll explore three common yet mind-bending dilemmas faced by organisational leaders, revealing insights and strategies to help you make difficult decisions, and do so wisely, promptly and with less stress.
Dilemma 1
Never give up? Or wake up and smell the coffee?
Dilemma 2
Bold decisions? Or batten down the hatches?
Dilemma 3
Tackle the core issue? Or tackle the peripheral issues?
You will learn:
Why your gut is both powerful and flawed and when to best use it.
Why unconscious biases undermine good decision-making and the 3 most dangerous biases to look out for.
How investment timelines prevent you from getting stuck, when you don’t know whether to persevere or quit, and how to draw them.
How to navigate your most difficult decisions with minimal stress, and why heuristics enable prompt decision making, whilst protecting you from the flaws in your gut.
Why we ignore important issues when we're under pressure and how to spot problems early, in order to prevent nasty (yet avoidable) shocks.