A few years ago, I read “Six Thinking Hats” by psychologist Edward de Bono. The core idea is simple: each hat represents a distinct way of thinking about a problem. While the framework is often ...

Good decision-making skills can make the world an easier, less daunting place. Jan. 19, 2012 -- John F. Kennedy once said, "Change is the law of life." Fast forward to today, when the law of life is ...

Fundamentally, how does anyone know us as individual leaders and/or judge our leadership effectiveness? The first thing that might come to mind is your personality. Secondly, how you communicate: how ...

Leadership in complexity isn't primarily about making individual decisions better. It's about designing how different types of decisions should be handled.

Learn how the framing effect influences decision-making in investments, and discover strategies to identify and mitigate its ...

before you. On each tab, YES or NO is written in bold letters. Like clockwork, it pops up whenever you feel stuck—your own personal wheel of fortune, only it never asks you to buy a vowel. If you are ...

Professionals don’t experience uncertainty in decision making — as an amateur, I “knew” this. Before I worked in a medical center, I thought medicine was an exact science: Doctors were trained to ...

Teams can make any decision after seeking advice from affected parties and documenting it in an ADR. Use context maps to assign clear ownership of system areas to specific teams. Create architectural ...