DECIDER™ Decision Making

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Developed by Oxford Social Scientist Dr. Timothy R. Clark, The DECIDER Decision Making Model teaches leaders how to turn haphazard decisions into a structured, dynamic, and scalable process for success.

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DECIDER™ Decision Making
Turn haphazard choices into a structured, dynamic, and scalable decision-making process.
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The DECIDER Decision Making Model. The 7-step process for making dynamic, well-structured decisions, every time.
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Define
Establish
Criteria
Identify
Decide
Execute
Review
DECIDER model - Flowchart with seven steps: Step 1 Define highlighted, Step 2 Establish, Step 3 Choose, Step 4 Identify, Step 5 Decide, Step 6 Execute, and Step 7 Review.
Step 1
If you misdefine the problem, you misdirect the solution.
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Step 2
Criteria are the guardrails of good decisions.
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Step 3
What you know about others.Priorities tell us what matters most.
DECIDER model - Flowchart with seven steps: Step 1 Define, Step 2 Establish, Step 3 Choose, Step 4 Identify highlighted, Step 5 Decide, Step 6 Execute, and Step 7 Review.
Step 4
More options mean better choices.
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Step 5
The quality of your choice determines the quality of your outcome.
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Step 6
A good decision fails without good execution.
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Step 7
You can’t improve what you don’t review.
What you’ll learn. Learn the principles. Apply them with confidence.
Theory
Why bounded rationality enhances decision making process.
practice
How to use System 1 and System 2 thinking in your everyday work.
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Why heuristics often become biases.
practice
How to defend against your first instinct when making a decision.
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Why making a decision begins with defining the problem.
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How to re-define a problem after it’s misdefined.
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Why urgency blurs priorities.
practice
How to identify fluid and reversible priorities day-to-day.
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The course agenda.
From Rationality to Bounded Rationality
Understand the history of decision making, the principles behind bounded rationality, and how to avoid and overcome biases in the decision-making process.
The DECIDER™ Model
Review key principles in the 7-step DECIDER™ Model as you review your assessment results.
Applying the DECIDER™ Model
Use our research-backed, 7-step, decision-making model to define a problem, establish criteria, choose priorities, identify options, and evaluate the decision.
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