Insights
On decisions, and the people who make them.
Essays from Professional Decision-Making. Short, direct and written to be argued with.
- The decision-maker
The decision and the decision-maker
We analyse decisions in great detail. We rarely examine the person making them.3 October 20264 min read - Experience
Experience can guide us — and trap us
The path that once led us forward can become the only path we are able to see.3 October 20264 min read - Creating decisions
Making decisions is good. Creating decisions is better.
Most leaders are trained to choose. Fewer are trained to create the options worth choosing.3 October 20263 min read
In preparation
- Why intelligent leaders still make poor decisionsThe decision-maker
- The hidden cost of assumptionsAssumptions
- Decision-making under pressurePressure
- A good enough decision can be a great decisionClarity
- Accept the trade-offTrade-offs
- The psychology behind executive judgementJudgement
- Building a decision cultureOrganizations
PDM principle 19
Observe your mind’s working patterns —and update them to today’s reality.