Problem with decision making?
Posted on 18. Aug, 2009 by Nikos in Business, Thoughts
There are so many times that you NEED to make a decision. You have multiple choices and you don’t know what to choose. And of course I am not talking about choosing Mexican , Italian or Thai food for dinner. There are crucial and urgent decisions that someone has to take for a crisis. Let’s say that your company has a defected product and you need to communicate with all your stakeholders. (Media, customers, employees, government etc..) You need to make your plan and see what you have to do and what you don’t..
So let’s say that there are 4 possible decisions/paths. The best action is to take each path up to the third step. By these you can see the possible effect and result of this path. If you don’t like this result, you try the second path etc. By checking the third step of each possible decision/path you can be proactive and ‘see the future’. So instead of 4 possible actions, you have 4 possible results. You choose the best result and you make (hopefully) the right decision! This makes you to make better decisions that affect the future of your company, career and maybe life!
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