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Decision-making

Appreciative Inquiry: A Quick Way To Define Affirmative Topics (video + transcript)

Andy Smith January 27, 2021 Appreciative Inquiry, Coaching, Decision-making, Leadership, Problem Solving No Comments
Appreciative Inquiry: A Quick Way To Define Affirmative Topics (video + transcript)

Here’s a short video (with transcript) on an easy way to ‘flip’ problem statements into affirmative topics

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The Problem With ‘Visionary’ Leadership

Andy Smith January 7, 2019 Appreciative Inquiry, Decision-making, Leadership No Comments
The Problem With ‘Visionary’ Leadership

As I write, it’s ‘Fat Cat Friday‘ in the UK. January 4th the day when the chief executives of FTSE 100 companies have already earned as much as the average salary of their workers. Acclaimed author Yuval Noah Harari talks…

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Book Review: Six Thinking Hats by Edward De Bono

Andy Smith November 29, 2017 Book Reviews, Creativity, Decision-making, Problem Solving, Productivity, Thinking Skills 1 Comment
Book Review: Six Thinking Hats by Edward De Bono

It took me a long time to get round to reading Six Thinking Hats, but finally after 25 years of corporate training I took the plunge. I was expecting a brainstorming process, because that’s how I had most often heard…

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Decision Quicksand: Why We Get Bogged Down In Trivial Decisions

Andy Smith August 11, 2017 Decision-making, Productivity, Psychology, Useful Concepts No Comments
Decision Quicksand: Why We Get Bogged Down In Trivial Decisions

Why do people often get bogged down in trivial decisions? It turns out that our brains use the difficulty encountered in making a decision as a factor in deciding how much more time to spend on it. Researchers Aner Sela…

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Your Unconscious Beliefs Distort Your Perceptions – With Proof!

April 10, 2015 Beliefs, Decision-making, Free use images, Resources, Training Tips No Comments

Your unconscious beliefs shape and distort your perception of what’s around you. Don’t believe this applies to you? This image, the ‘checker shadow illusion’ proves it does! The ‘checker shadow illusion’ was developed by Edward H. Adelson, Professor of Vision…

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The role of emotion in decision-making

December 21, 2009 Decision-making, Emotional Intelligence, Self-Awareness 1 Comment

We are often told to keep emotion out of our decision-making, and decide on entirely rational grounds. Of course, when emotions such as anger are too strong, they affect our ability to think rationally. But outside of these extreme circumstances,…

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Buddhist saying refutes “cosmic ordering”

April 6, 2009 Decision-making, Goal setting, Inspiring quotes No Comments

"Act as if the future of the Universe depends on what you do, while laughing at yourself for thinking that your actions could make any difference" — a Buddhist Saying (sometimes attributed to Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi) Thanks to @AboodiShabi for alerting…

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Ann Frank on your power to make a difference

January 13, 2009 Decision-making, Inspiring quotes No Comments

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. – Anne Frank

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