Decision-Making Defined
Decision making is a process of first diverging
to explore the possibilities and then converging on a solution(s).
Recognizing Impact of Your
Beliefs and Values
Beliefs are the
assumptions we make about ourselves, about others in the world and about how
we expect things to be. "These assumptions determine the way we behave and
shape our decision-making process. They are often based on emotions rather
than facts. We tend to notice 'facts' that reinforce our beliefs."7...More
Understanding Different
Styles of Decision-Making
There are many models for understanding and characterizing
the styles of interaction different people prefer to employ. According to
the widely used Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI),
people are divided into thinkers and feelers:
Making Quick Decisions through Establishing
Guiding Principles
Fast companies that have demonstrated the ability to sustain
surge and velocity all have established sets of
guiding principles to help them make quick decisions. Abandoning
theoretical and politically correct 'values' and bureaucratic procedures in
favor of a practical, down-to-earth list of guiding principles will help
your company make the decision-making process much faster. Only one question
will need to be asked of any proposed course of action: Does it fit our
guiding principles?1...More
Using Fuzzy Logic in
Innovation Projects
While the situations that
fuzzy logic addresses are
ambiguous, fuzzy logic itself is a very defined methodology. New business
leaders use the managerial equivalent of fuzzy logic to address the
ambiguity of the fuzzy front end.
Technology leaders have an analogous form of logic that they
use to address the ambiguity of the fuzzy from end...More
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