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Whole brain decision making.
Put a group of people together to decide and you can get some very strange conversations happening. There will be people who are excited about the future after the decision to proceed has been made,...
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How to Decide… not to.
Let me guess: you’ve got a lot of decisions to make, but not enough time to make them properly. That’s a problem, because the only way you can keep up is to make more decisions, faster; which means...
View ArticleIntuitive decision making.
An old boss of mine once said to me “the only thing your gut can tell you is if you are ready for dinner”. His view was that decision making should include only facts, things that can be proven,...
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A couple is shopping in their local supermarket. The man tosses a box of breakfast cereal into the trolley and the woman takes it back out. Welcome to that classic grocery conundrum: Do we need this or...
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Life and Death decisions made easy.
As Australians brace themselves for another bushfire season, homeowners across the country ask themselves the question: ‘should I stay and defend my property against the flames or just get the hell...
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Worrying about the wrong things.
According to Australian law, anyone travelling in a car must wear a seatbelt at all times. But the taxi drivers of New South Wales flatly refuse to comply, arguing that, in the hands of a homicidal...
View ArticleSomeone on call.
Recently my father became ill and as they are located in the country a long way from good medical care, it was difficult to work out the best course of action. Do we take him to the doctor, do we wait...
View ArticleWant to find someone with no bias? Find someone who doesn’t care.
Have you ever noticed that a group can get along fine when it comes to having ideas, that they can be incredibly productive when developing their ideas, but it all goes pear shaped when it is time to...
View ArticleDecision making on Flight 625.
‘This is your captain speaking. I see lightning on the horizon, so I’ll delay our take off until it passes. We’ll put the inflight entertainment on in the meantime, as we anticipate a delay of about 30...
View ArticleIt’s time to deal.
Whether you are trying to pass the budget, to maintain the balance of power or get what you want, you are probably going to be put in the position of doing a deal with someone. But, what seems...
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Deciding in the dark.
Every decision-making tool takes the same first step: assemble all the information. But what if you have to decide before all the data is in? Take climate change; politicians won’t commit to action...
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Do. Or don’t?
Like most big decisions, ‘Life and Death’ decisions are usually binary: there’s only two items on the menu (do or don’t, this or that) and often a clear winner (Life). Actually, they’re usually pretty...
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Cut the right wire. No matter what happens next.
I’ve had a sheltered existence so I’ve never seen a real bomb, only the ones in the movies. There’s usually a big digital counter, some mysterious electronics and a bunch of wires, one of which you’re...
View ArticleReturn of the Zombie.
Recently our Prime Minister announced his commitment to the Very Fast Train, promising new jobs and growth by uniting Australia through a modern, world-class high speed rail system. That makes him the...
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Uninformed decision.
It should come as no surprise that, according to Google Trends, the most searched-for question from its UK users last week (after ‘What happens of we leave the EU?’) was ‘What is the EU?’ What’s...
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