It´s Official!
The internet delivers a lot! Just this week a BLOG-headline grabbed my full attention: DIVERSITY STEMS FROM DECISION-MAKERS (by Scheier+Group) I´d say: “Now it´s official!...
View ArticleShould you Stay OR Should You Go?
Moving! In my latest Blog-posts I dicussed the “criteria” part of decision making and as 1 example, I mentioned the option to move and find a new office. Therefore we´ll set criteria to widen our...
View ArticleFast Eats Slow
The market has changed, the rules have changed. Innovation still gets ahead and forces the fast companies on its market to kill and eat the slow! The fast companies seem to know what the future will...
View ArticleThe Status Quo Trap
So, you really decide rationally and objectively in all business issues? Are you positive? Fact is, we all carry biases which influence the choices we make. Did you ever reflect critically, noticing...
View ArticleRISK: What We Really RISK!
The movie “Runner Runner” starts with the phrase: “everyone gambles”. Before the short and sharp conversation in the library begins, we get to hear the last introductory phrase: “if you are risking...
View ArticleK.I.S.S.
K.I.S.S. Keep it short and simple! That´s my motto today and this is my message for you: The past, present and future are connected. Our current decisions determine our future experiences. >>...
View ArticleThe Good Intention Trap
The Logic Of Failure is another book about decision making, written by the German author Dietrich Dörner. On the first pages he writes about something we all seem to experience in life! It´s the good...
View ArticleThe Decision Pulse
Nick Tasler wrote Why Quitters Win and points to the fact how important it is to be a decider. In one of his chapter summaries he writes: A Decision Pulse is the primary strategic direction of a team...
View ArticleNo Regrets!
Are you the one who regrets one or the other decision in life? What went wrong? Let me guess – you didn´t take enough time to prepare the decision process! There are two ways to prepare the next...
View ArticleDecisions and Freedom
Just today for relaxing, again I watched the movie “Promised Land” with Matt Damon. It´s a story about a young consultant from “Global” who travels into certain small towns where they expect natural...
View ArticleA Risk Training
Just last week I wrote about what we really RISK these days when we make decisions: we risk MINT ! The first item we can lose when actually planning an investment, is M = MONEY. Let´s add the...
View ArticleQUOTES about Decision Making
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo “You can’t make decisions based on fear and the possibility of what might happen.” ― Michelle Obama oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo “Waiting hurts....
View ArticleNo Proven Decision Making
Why do some reach their goals with a good decision process while others seem to fail? On one of the feedback-notes (of a seminar) this year I received the request for “how to make sound decisions”. I...
View ArticleHow To Clarify Decision Roles
Enhance the organizational performance in your company! The authors P. Rogers and M. Blenko give strict advice of how to clarify decision roles in the organizations. Therefore, they say: “assign clear...
View ArticleHow To Avoid Pitfalls in Decision-Roles
In my last blog-post I wrote about how to clarify decision roles in your department and company. But giving decision roles to certain people includes pitfalls. Let me give you some examples (from the...
View ArticleBelief Blocks!
In my Blog-post “Decisions and Freedom (feel free to read it HERE) I mentioned our free will, our potential free will during a decision process. The post from July 16th is about the option of being...
View Article5 Decider Types
People have different methods and modus´ when taking decisions. We don´t just deal actively as decision makers in life – we also have to passively deal with deciders. And that´s the typical situation...
View ArticleAre You “disembodied”?
“Disembodied” ….. describes the lack of ability to judge what´s good for you, due to past experience. That´s the short version! Let me give you some more information with 2 examples: if you have...
View ArticleThe Prompt Decider
This month I discuss and explain the 5 various decider-types via Maja Storch. Today I´d like to introduce the quick or prompt decider! We all run via certain programs in our minds and the most...
View ArticleDecision Crash! Are You Rather “Insecure”?
This month I introduce the 5 decider types and today it´s about Mr. and Mrs. Insecure! Insecure deciders are the people who afterwards REGRET what they decided for. They might feel that they were...
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