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Understand Position and Interest To Make Better Collaborative Decisions
September 09, 2022

What people ask for is not the same as why they ask for it. What people want isn't as simple as what they say they want. Understanding the *why* is critical - the interest is just as important as the

Future Thinking Is Not Planning For A Single Course of Events
September 05, 2022

People often erroneously plan for specific futures. This leads down a pathway to failure most times. This is because the future is rarely what we expect it to be. We can think in terms of multiple po

Balancing Decision Frames
August 31, 2022

Making good decisions is about tuning context. If you can't determine the context that matters, the decision itself is impossible to measure against. All decisions can be framed within a context with

Copy of How Feedback Loops Shape Our World (Fixed Audio)
August 30, 2022

Feedback loops shape everything around us. We make a change or adjustment, watch for what happens, and repeat. This happens with people in the most unexpected ways. Tuning in to this adjustment loop c

Reframing Every Decision As A Tradeoff
August 29, 2022

Every decision is a tradeoff. If you are looking for the "right" decision, you can reframe this to the "optimal decision based on my desired outcome." This could have the effect of aligning your biase

Judging Quality of Decisions Instead of Outcomes in Performance Reviews
August 27, 2022

Is your performance review judging the luck or random events of a person's career? What about the times they made the right decision in a bad situation? The outcome may not be desirable every time, ev

How Feedback Loops Shape Our World
August 22, 2022

Feedback loops shape everything around us. We make a change or adjustment, watch for what happens, and repeat. This happens with people in the most unexpected ways. Tuning in to this adjustment loop c

Solve Specific Problems by Composing General Solutions
August 19, 2022

Almost every complex problem can be broken down and solved. Thinking from the other side - learning general solutions and how to compose those will give you the ability to build against the broken dow

Common Excuses for Not Setting Goals
August 15, 2022

Today, we'll dismantle a few common excuses often provided for not setting goals. We also briefly discuss the SMART goal-setting framework.

Better Process to Match Intentions to Actions
August 12, 2022

Your time is full of intent, but if you reflect back - how often do you do what you intend? Our actions are usually trying to reach some outcome, but are haphazard and habit-driven. What if we made t