Comments on: Make better decisions. http://www.hooversbiz.com/2007/11/01/make-better-decisions/ Individuals - Companies - Industries: How We Work Now. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:09:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Joe Jordan http://www.hooversbiz.com/2007/11/01/make-better-decisions/comment-page-1/#comment-955 Joe Jordan Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:49:08 +0000 http://www.hooversbiz.com/2007/11/01/make-better-decisions/#comment-955 Good reminders about two common pitfalls in decision-making. In many organizations, one of the biggest challenges in problem analysis and choosing a solution is the reliability of the information being used in the decision. When assumptions and inferences are presented as fact or when the personal meanings we attach to the data become as valid as the data (Peter Senge's Reflective Loop), our decision process is headed for derailment. Corporate decisions take a quantum leap forward when we don't allow someone to package a guess as the truth or act from an assumption in the absence of anything better. Good reminders about two common pitfalls in decision-making. In many organizations, one of the biggest challenges in problem analysis and choosing a solution is the reliability of the information being used in the decision. When assumptions and inferences are presented as fact or when the personal meanings we attach to the data become as valid as the data (Peter Senge’s Reflective Loop), our decision process is headed for derailment.

Corporate decisions take a quantum leap forward when we don’t allow someone to package a guess as the truth or act from an assumption in the absence of anything better.

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