Paired Comparison Analysis
Learn how to work out the relative importance of different options, so that you can choose which option to move forward with. Our article, worksheet and video show you how.
Decision Making
Learn more about how to define the decisions you need to make, weigh up your options, and implement and communicate your decisions effectively. And explore the factors that can help and hinder the decision-making process.
The Leader’s Balancing Act: Insight or Instinct?
In a VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous) world, boldness and caution must coexist. Learn how leaders can make confident, balanced decisions to drive transformation under pressure.
How to Avoid Groupthink
It can be easy to follow the crowd. Watch this video to learn how to find the courage to challenge the status quo at work.
Sidetracked
In this interview, Francesca Gino tells us why some decisions get knocked off track, and explains how we can avoid this.
Grid Analysis Technique
Grid analysis is a useful decision-making technique and is of particular use when you are trying to take a lot of factors into account and all the options seem equally attractive.
Principles
Author, investor and entrepreneur Ray Dalio discusses learning from your mistakes, not being afraid to admit an error, and Bridgewater Associates' unique decision-making processes.
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Think For Yourself
How far should we listen to experts? In this expert interview podcast, Harvard Professor Vikram Mansharamani gives his view on how we should use expertise.
Managing in the Gray
Author Joe Badaracco shares five questions that managers can ask to help them to make good decisions when conditions are uncertain.
Decision-Making Techniques
Competing factors can make decision making overwhelming. Use this logical, step-by-step process to help you sort through all the options.
Intuition and Decision-Making
This article examines what some of the leading experts have to say about intuitive decision-making, and offers some advice on when it might be most appropriate to use it, and the pitfalls to avoid.
Managing Ambiguity
Ambiguity can be found at all levels across an organisation. This article outlines the main challenges in working with ambiguity, and identifies practical strategies that can be used to minimise any negative impact.
Defining the Decision To Be Made
This article outlines the essential first step of the decision-making process.