Decide better ways of making better decisions
Life presents us with a steady stream of decisions that we have to make. So, like it or not, we need to practice this skill every day - at work, at home, and in every aspect of our lives. Yet, we often make decisions without properly considering the context, options and implications of our actions....
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; Philadelphia :
Kogan Page
c2013.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009799130206719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents; My story; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 01 Dreams and determination; Early years; Changing course; Summing up the interview highlights; 02 Nightmares: Striking a balance between being tolerant of mistakes, and understanding the danger signs that tell you a decision can go badly wrong; It isn't wrong to be wrong; What's the ROD (Return on Decision)?; But don't be wrong too often; Sometimes people make really bad decisions; How do we explain seriously bad decisions?; Why do things that aren't a good idea?; Why do the mighty fall so often?
- Have you ever wondered why so many decisions fail?Language matters; Stanovich's theory; Decision Traps; Condemned to repeat the experience; Try to avoid the biggest decision trap of all: downside delusion; Loss aversion; Being too busy; Keep watching out for the early decision; Here's another way of looking at an early decision; Was the financial crisis caused by Decision Traps?; What makes a decision bad? (a checklist you can add to); Bad judgement. Was failure due to...?; ... or more fundamentally to not being in the right condition to make a good decision?; Bad luck?
- How do we rationalize gut feel?Fast and frugal; Lessons from modern neurology; The learning from neurology; Rear Admiral David Snelson talks about the effect of 'autopilot'; Decision making is best played as a team game; The key question; The journey - not the single step: mapping a decision process, and managing it over the life of a project; 'Morethanism'; Identify the limiters, and you will make decisions better; Luck; Go back if you have to; 'The situation has moved on'; Difficult decisions; Decisions and journeys; 'All the emotional intelligence of a lamp post'
- 'Send three and fourpence, we're going to a dance'Highlights on decision making from the interviews; 05 It's a matter of time: the magic number 60; Time is relative; 60 seconds or less; 60 minutes; 60 hours or more; David Jones of Havas on fast decisions; Simon Calver of Lovefilm told me about fast decisions and how important they can be; Daniel Topolski, the rowing coach, told me why he is suspicious of fast decisions; A moment of indecision; Are there decisions we are happy to talk about - and others we would rather forget?; Surely technology has made it easier to make great decisions?
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