Decision Making

Sometimes making a decision can feel like the hardest thing you have to do. The good news is there are plenty of information to help you make that decision and we're going to look at some of these in this blog.

💬   Why not start by looking at this TED Talk from Tom Griffiths called 3 ways to make better decisions - by thinking like a computer.  Worth watching just for the picture of him as a teenager. (11 minutes 48)

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💬   Successful By Design also provide a useful video, which you can watch here. The video looks at Decision Making: How to Make Better Decisions Using 3 Super Simple Techniques. The video also starts with an interesting look at decision fatique. (12 minutes 25)

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📖   This article from The Enterprisers Project looks at 4 Styles of Decision-Making: A leader's guide. (10 minutes)

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💬   You may have heard of the Six Thinking Hats. If you haven't heard of it you can find out more in this video from Litmos Heroes. (2 minutes)

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📖    Are you somebody that uses mindmaps - if so why not explore the Futures Wheel . You can find out more about it on the Visual Paradigm Online site here. The site also has templates that you can use for your own wheels. (5 minutes)

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📖  💬    MoSCoW is also commonly used for decision making, particularly useful when working on projects.  You can find out more about it here in this article from Project Manager where they explain How to Prioritise with the MoSCoW method. (30 minutes)

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