Thinking and Deciding Tools
Deciding Tools
Individual decision-making tools
Duration: 3 hours
When evaluating a course of action, several methods can be employed for the analysis, depending on the criteria we have, their weight, the foreseeable timeline, the time limits, our experience, […]
Read moreGroup decision-making tools
Duration: 3 hours
“Two heads are better than one” only if there is a functioning group decision-making process. Organizations face problems that can be avoided by understanding classical errors like groupthink, micromanagement, plunging-in […]
Read moreDecision-making tools in crisis
Duration: 3 hours
The ever-so-popular concept of a VUCA world (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity) had an unfortunate, yet perfect illustration withy the 2020 global pandemic. Deciding differs considerably when we do not […]
Read moreProblem-solving tools
Duration: 3-6 hours
Although problem solving is one of the main ingredients of a manager’s day at the office, we usually have an unclear image of the steps and processes involved in finding […]
Read moreThinking Tools
Mindset preparation tool
Duration: 3 hours
We all know how to think, as we all know how to run. However, if, you want to finish a marathon rather than just catching the bus, there is a […]
Read moreBlindspot spotting tool
Duration: 3 hours
Most managerial failures are the consequence of building strategic plans on false assumptions. Unfortunately, false assumptions lead to failed projects mainly because they usually pass unnoticed by their authors. When […]
Read moreTesting tools
Duration: 3 hours
After being identified, some assumptions can be evaluated on the spot. The most sensitive ones, though, must be validated through testing. The worst way to test a business assumption is […]
Read moreDebiasing tool
Duration: 3 hours
We, humans, have systematic behavioral biases that are written in our operating system without us being aware. People enter a special state of mind when facing the price “zero”, people […]
Read moreInteraction Tools
Persuasion tool
Duration: 3 or 6 hours
Thinking critically is not only useful for analyzing incoming information, it is also crucial for structuring outgoing information when we try to convince someone. Whether trying to persuade a client […]
Read moreFlexibility tool
Duration: 3 or 6 hours
People hate to change their minds. And, often, this is very counterproductive for our businesses, our careers, and our personal lives. First, as the brain has naturally evolved to minimize […]
Read moreInfluencing tool
Duration: 3 hours
Richard Thaler won the Nobel in Economics[1] for his ideas on how citizens can be nudged to do beneficial things (recycle, save for retirement, pay taxes on time, eat healthier, […]
Read moreCritical thinking tool
Duration: 3 hours
Fallacies are bad arguments which sound good and can, therefore, fool us. For example, “All our competitors implemented this methodology, we should adopt it, as well” is a bad argument […]
Read moreAnalysis tool
Duration: 3 or 6 hours
Although we don’t realize it, we think in arguments, formal structures with premises and conclusions that build one upon the other and help us make sense of the world. For […]
Read moreProcess Guiding
Complex problem solving
Duration: 3 hours
Guiding a team through the steps of problem solving on an existing case
Read morePre-mortem
Duration: 3 hours
Guiding a team to uncover and evaluate the hidden assumptions behind a plan, before launching the project.
Read moreLessons learned (1-on-1)
Duration: 3 hours
Guiding managers to structure, articulate, and analyze the simple rules they distilled as lessons from experience into veritable managerial decalogues.
Read moreOnline Tools
Critical Thinking for Business
Duration: 3 hours
Critical thinking is essential for optimising business models, communicating with clients and making overall better decisions. As one of the most valued skills today, learn how to test, discern and […]
Read moreHow to outsmart bad arguments
Duration: 3 hours
Fallacies are bad arguments, but they seem good and can mislead us into making bad decisions. Fallacies can be employed at work, by colleagues, clients, business partners, bosses. We can […]
Read moreDefine
Duration: 5 minutes
Define is an online tool designed to help you better understand your immediate problem by going through 7 checkups. The outcome is a better reframed, crisp, operationable, easy to understand […]
Read morePersuasion checklist (RO)
Duration: 5-20 minutes
Urmează să încerci să convingi pe cineva? La serviciu sau în afara jobului? Un coleg, un grup de colegi, un şef, un client? O rudă, un prieten sau pe directoarea […]
Read moreCognitive biases checklist
Duration: 5-20 minutes
Could your important decision (or your avoidance to make an important decision) be affected by a cognitive bias? Check the list below for a reminder of some often-encountered biases and […]
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