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Decision Making Models (6)
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![The Vroom-Yetton Decision Model]()
The Vroom-Yetton Decision Model
Deciding How to Decide
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![BRAIN, BRAN and BRAND]()
BRAIN, BRAN and BRAND
Balancing Intuition With Logic
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![The Kepner-Tregoe Matrix]()
The Kepner-Tregoe Matrix
Making Unbiased, Risk-Assessed Decisions
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![OODA Loops]()
OODA Loops
Understanding the Decision Cycle
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![The TDODAR Decision Model]()
The TDODAR Decision Model
Considering Your Options Under Pressure
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![The Recognition-Primed Decision (RPD) Process]()
The Recognition-Primed Decision (RPD) Process
Making Good Decisions Under Pressure
Choosing Between Options (9)
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![What Is Prospect Theory?]()
What Is Prospect Theory?
Anticipating People's Reactions to Risk and Uncertainty
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![Decision Matrix Analysis]()
Decision Matrix Analysis
Making a Decision by Weighing Up Different Factors
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![Paired Comparison Analysis]()
Paired Comparison Analysis
Working Out Relative Importances
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![The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP)]()
The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP)
Choosing By Weighing Up Many Subjective Factors
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![Conjoint Analysis]()
Conjoint Analysis
Measuring Buyer Preferences
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![Pareto Analysis]()
Pareto Analysis
Choosing the Most Important Changes to Make
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![Decision Tree Analysis]()
Decision Tree Analysis
Choosing by Projecting "Expected Outcomes"
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![The Quantitative Strategic Planning Matrix (QSPM)]()
The Quantitative Strategic Planning Matrix (QSPM)
Choosing the Best Strategic Way Forward
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![The Futures Wheel]()
The Futures Wheel
Identifying Consequences of a Change
Deciding Whether to Go Ahead (9)
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![Go/No-Go Decisions]()
Go/No-Go Decisions
Deciding Whether to Go Ahead
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![TELOS]()
TELOS
Conducting a Thorough Feasibility Study
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![Risk Analysis and Risk Management]()
Risk Analysis and Risk Management
Evaluating and Managing Risks
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![Risk Impact/Probability Charts]()
Risk Impact/Probability Charts
Learning to Prioritize Risks
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![Quantitative Pros and Cons]()
Quantitative Pros and Cons
Weigh up Decisions With a Simple Approach
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![Force Field Analysis]()
Force Field Analysis
Analyzing the Pressures For and Against Change
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"What If" Analysis
Making Decisions by Exploring Scenarios
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![Impact Analysis]()
Impact Analysis
Identifying the Full Consequences of Change
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![Business Experiments]()
Business Experiments
Taking Intelligent Risks
Financial Decisions (4)
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![Cost-Benefit Analysis]()
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Deciding, Quantitatively, Whether to go Ahead
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![Break-Even Analysis]()
Break-Even Analysis
Determining When a Product Becomes Profitable
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![Net Present Value (NPV) and Internal Rate of Return (IRR)]()
Net Present Value (NPV) and Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
Deciding Whether to Invest
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![Cash Flow Forecasting]()
Cash Flow Forecasting
Forecasting the Impact of a Financial Decision
Improving Decision Making (15)
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![Avoiding Psychological Bias in Decision Making]()
Avoiding Psychological Bias in Decision Making
How to Make Objective Decisions
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![Personal Preparation for Great Decision Making]()
Personal Preparation for Great Decision Making
Getting In Shape to Make the Right Call
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![Equipping Your Team to Make Decisions]()
Equipping Your Team to Make Decisions
Empowering Your Team to Step Up
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![The Ladder of Inference]()
The Ladder of Inference
How to Avoid Jumping to Conclusions
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![Decision Making Under Uncertainty]()
Decision Making Under Uncertainty
Making the Best Choice with the Information Available
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"Cautious" or "Courageous"?
Understand Your Risk Preference, and Make Better Decisions
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![Six Thinking Hats]()
Six Thinking Hats
Looking at a Decision From All Points of View
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![Howard Marks' Second Level Thinking Skills]()
Howard Marks' Second Level Thinking Skills
– Going Beyond the Obvious and Avoiding Unintended Consequences
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![Blindspot Analysis]()
Blindspot Analysis
Avoiding Common "Fatal Flaws" in Decision Making
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![Critical Thinking]()
Critical Thinking
Developing the Right Mindset and Skills
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![Reactive Decision Making]()
Reactive Decision Making
Making Good Decisions Under Pressure
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![Linear Programming]()
Linear Programming
Optimizing Your Limited Resources
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![Monte Carlo Analysis]()
Monte Carlo Analysis
Bringing Uncertainty and Risk Into Forecasting
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![ORAPAPA]()
ORAPAPA
A Checklist for Making Better Decisions
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![10 Common Decision-Making Mistakes]()
10 Common Decision-Making Mistakes
Avoiding the Pitfalls
The Impact of Ethics and Values (3)
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![The Foursquare Protocol]()
The Foursquare Protocol
Learning to Manage Ethical Decisions
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![What Are Your Values?]()
What Are Your Values?
– Deciding What's Most Important in Life
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![Spiral Dynamics]()
Spiral Dynamics
Understanding How People's Values May Affect Their Decision Making
Group Decision Making (9)
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![The Hoy-Tarter Model of Decision Making]()
The Hoy-Tarter Model of Decision Making
Deciding When to Involve Others in Decisions
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![Multi-Voting]()
Multi-Voting
Choosing Fairly Between Many Options
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![The Modified Borda Count]()
The Modified Borda Count
Achieving Consensus About Which Options to Pursue
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![Organizing Team Decision Making]()
Organizing Team Decision Making
Reaching Consensus for Better Decisions
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![The Stepladder Technique]()
The Stepladder Technique
Making Better Group Decisions
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![Avoiding Groupthink]()
Avoiding Groupthink
Avoiding Sometimes-Fatal Flaws in Group Decision Making
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![Hartnett's CODM Model]()
Hartnett's CODM Model
Developing Solutions Collectively
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![Bain's RAPID® Framework]()
Bain's RAPID® Framework
Assigning Roles to Avoid Stalemate
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![The Delphi Method]()
The Delphi Method
Achieving Consensus Among Experts
Further Resources
Bite–Sized Training (6)
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![Impact Analysis]()
Impact Analysis
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![Using Decision Trees]()
Using Decision Trees
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![Project Evaluation and Financial Forecasting]()
Project Evaluation and Financial Forecasting
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![Decision-Making Mistakes and How to Avoid Them]()
Decision-Making Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
Scenario Training
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![Avoiding Decision-Making Paralysis]()
Avoiding Decision-Making Paralysis
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![Group Decision Making]()
Group Decision Making
Book Insights (18)
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![Thinking, Fast and Slow]()
Thinking, Fast and Slow
By Daniel Kahneman
In-depth book review podcast and transcript looking at the processes underlying our everyday activities...
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![Willful Blindness]()
Willful Blindness
By Margaret Heffernan
Author Margaret Heffernan examines why people engage in willful blindness and attack whistleblowers, and...
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![Principles]()
Principles
By Ray Dalio
Author, investor and entrepreneur Ray Dalio discusses learning from your mistakes, and Bridgewater Associates'...
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![Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)]()
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)
By Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson
Authors Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson examine why people fail to own up to...
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![Persuadable]()
Persuadable
By Al Pittampalli
Being open to persuasion can be a strength, not a weakness, in leaders. Author...
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![Decisive]()
Decisive
By Chip and Dan Heath
This entertaining book, backed by psychological research, looks at how to make better decisions.
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![Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People]()
Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People
By Mahzarin Banaji and Anthony Greenwalde
This eye-opening book looks at how we can challenge our hidden prejudices. Learn more...
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![Be Good]()
Be Good
By Randy Cohen
This thought-provoking book looks at how you can deal with difficult ethical situations in...
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![The Go Point]()
The Go Point
By Michael Useem
This book explains how you can learn and improve the skill of making good...
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![Judgment]()
Judgment
By Noel M Tichy and Warren G Bennis
Learn more about this book, which describes how the most successful executives make the...
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![10-10-10]()
10-10-10
By Suzy Welch
When you have a tough decision to make, Suzy Welch, journalist and wife of...
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![Fooled by Randomness]()
Fooled by Randomness
By Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Find out more about this fascinating book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, which looks at...
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![Ethics (for the Real World)]()
Ethics (for the Real World)
By Ronald A Howard and Clinton D Korver
Find out more about this guide to thinking about your own ethical code, so...
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![The Ethical Executive]()
The Ethical Executive
By Robert Hoyk and Paul Hersey
No matter how sure you are now that you can tell right from wrong...
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![Winners Never Cheat]()
Winners Never Cheat
By Jon M Huntsman
Find out how you can stay true to the principles of honesty and integrity...
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![Emotionomics]()
Emotionomics
By Dan Hill
Find out more about this book's theory on the role of emotions in the...
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![Creating Great Choices]()
Creating Great Choices
By Jennifer Riel and Roger Martin
Authors Jennifer Riel and Roger Martin discuss how to improve your decision-making and assessment...
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![Factfulness]()
Factfulness
By Hans Rosling, with Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling Rönnlund
Author Hans Rosling discusses how humans may be no better informed than a chimpanzee...
Expert Interviews (7)
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![7 Lenses]()
7 Lenses
Linda Fisher Thornton
Author Linda Fisher Thornton discusses the "lenses" we need to look through to bring...
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![Making Big Decisions Better]()
Making Big Decisions Better
Tim Lewko
Author and experienced CEO Tim Lewko discusses different ways of forming a strategy, and...
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![Sidetracked]()
Sidetracked
Francesca Gino
In this interview, Francesca Gino tells us why some decisions get knocked off track...
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![Think Again]()
Think Again
Andrew Campbell
Business strategy expert Andrew Campbell discusses why people make bad decisions, and explains how...
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![The Myth of Perfection]()
The Myth of Perfection
Tal Ben-Shahar
Positive psychology expert Tal Ben-Shahar explains why perfectionism is a rejection of success as...
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![Decide and Deliver]()
Decide and Deliver
Paul Rogers
In this interview, Paul Rogers takes us through his ''five steps to breakthrough performance,''...
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![Managing in the Gray]()
Managing in the Gray
Joe Badaracco
Author Joe Badaracco shares five questions that managers can ask to help them to...
