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Decision Making

Weapons of Mass Distraction.

Common reasoning errors known as ‘fallacies’ can be easy to spot.

True or False?

There will always be more stories but there is only ever one truth. Let’s find it.

Passion victims.

I used to stage operas for a living. It taught me a lot about passion. Every night we told stories […]

Uninformed decision.

Why do we feel capable of making important decisions about complex issues with little or no knowledge?

Return of the Zombie.

Every institution has at least one zombie: a project that never quite got up but never really went away either.

Hazard ahead.

It’s always the things we didn’t imagine that are our undoing.

What’s your position?

The opinions that we form should be based on facts - not emotion.

Get It Done.

When it comes to implementation, many organisations flounder because: It takes too long It costs too much There are too […]

Cut the right wire. No matter what happens next.

I’ve had a sheltered existence so I’ve never seen a real bomb, only the ones in the movies. There’s usually […]