Think Better
"Think Better" is a 20 hours Decision Making Workshop spread across five interventions of 4 hours duration.
Key takeaways
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Identify the 5 key steps of the decision making process and learn how each of your 5 strengths are balanced with each other
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Understand the difference between making a decision and solving a problem, and their importance in our thinking process
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Learn how "Mental Models" influence our thinking styles and make us vulnerable to thinking errors (cognitive biases) and how these biases influence the quality of our decisions.
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Define the challenge. Learn why it is important to ask distinct "Questions" before the problem can be most appropriately defined or captured.
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Develop the ability to visualize the cause of the problem from different and diverse perspectives so as to frame the problem in as many different ways as possible - How to ask distinct Questions
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Develop skills to choose between alternative frames and outline precisely what you need to deal with.
Key takeaways
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Learn how to connect the dots, see the missing pieces and visualize the bigger picture
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Learn about the four quadrants of Imagination, identify your strength quadrant, and how it influences your decisions.
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Use creative thinking tools and correct brainstorming strategy to spark an abundance of ideas.
Key takeaways
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Able to differentiate between assumption and reasoning in the decision making process
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Build clarity and insight into a problem based on quality and quantity of information available by using thinking models and tools.
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Able to use specific analytical tools like Devil's advocacy; Causal flow diagrams, Divergent / Convergent thinking; Weighted Ranking to diagnose a situation before making a decision.
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Learn how to Synthesize Intuition with Analysis into the decision making process, before actioning.
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Learn how to factor in uncertainty and manage mistakes after implementation.
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Apply "Marginal thinking" tool to progress through implementation of the decision. Use other specific tools to monitor through the progress.