The Little Black Book of Decision Making (eBook)

Making Complex Decisions with Confidence in a Fast-Moving World

Michael Nicholas (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2017
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-85708-701-0 (ISBN)

Infos

The secret to making the right call in an increasingly complex world

The decisions we make every day - frequently automatic and incredibly fast - impact every area of our lives. The Little Black Book of Decision Making delves into the cognition behind decision making, guiding you through the different ways your mind approaches various scenarios. You'll learn to notice that decision making is a matter of balance between your rational side and your intuition - the trick is in honing your intuition to steer you down the right path.

Pure reasoning cannot provide all of the answers, and relying solely on intuition could prove catastrophic in business. There must be a balance between the two, and the proportions may change with each situation. This book helps you quickly pinpoint the right mix of logic and 'gut feeling,' and use it to find the best possible solution.

• Balance logic and intuition in your decision making approach
• Avoid traps set by the mind's inherent bias
• Understand the cognitive process of decision making
• Sharpen your professional judgement in any situation

Decision making is the primary difference between organisations that lead and those that struggle. The Little Black Book of Decision Making helps you uncover errors in thinking before they become errors in judgement.

An award-winning professional speaker and leadership coach, Michael Nicholas helps people improve their performance by challenging them to revolutionise their thinking and behaviour. He worked with a full spectrum of clients, including Dixons, HSBC, Marks and Spencer, and Sainsbury's, where he has been a key supplier of coaching and training for several years.
His insightful, results-oriented training is grounded in 30 years of real-world experience gained through working with leaders from a wide variety of industries, holding senior business positions, and serving on active duty as a military officer. He specialises in decision-making, emotional intelligence, and employee engagement.

Inhalt

The Little Black Book of Decision Making 9
Contents 15
Acknowledgements 17
About the Author 19
Introduction 21
Note 26
Part One No Place for Old Dogs: New Tricks Required 27
1 Lets Get Real: We All Make Mistakes 29
First Appearances are Often Deceptive 30
The Problem with Hindsight 32
Running on Instinct 35
Accessing More of Our Potential 38
Great Power, but No Warning Bells 40
Multiple Levels of “Truth” 41
Notes 43
2 Rule Makers, Rule Breakers 45
A New Set of Rules 46
Nothing New Stays New 49
Everything New Becomes Old 52
The Challenge of Change 54
We are All Conditioned 55
Unexplored Assumptions 59
The Myth of Rationality 62
Notes 65
3 Coping with an Era of Acceleration 67
The Limitations of “Best Practice” 69
Blindsided! 72
“Necessity is the Mother of Invention” 74
Prepare for the Revolution 75
Experts and Chimpanzees 77
Whats the Problem with Complexity? 78
Context Is Key 81
The Critical Differentiator 84
Notes 87
Part Two Mindset Matters! Getting Beyond the Process 89
4 What Could be Wrong with “Being Right”? 91
Who or What to Trust? 92
Masters of Self-Deception 95
Theres No Avoiding Emotions 99
I'm Right Because I Believe I Am 100
In Search of Objectivity 104
Notes 107
5 The “Reality” Delusion 109
Interpretation Is Subjective 110
What Does it All Mean? 112
Pickpockets and Pockets 114
No Awareness, No Choices 116
Three Levels of Awareness 121
Shaping Experience from the Inside Out 124
6 Wired for Flight and Fight 129
Is Survival About Paranoia? 130
Our Evolutionary Heritage 131
If the Only Tool You Have is a Hammer … 133
Fearing “Nothing” 133
The Scary Unknown 135
Warped Perceptions 138
Creating Stress by Thought Alone 140
The Problem in a Nutshell 142
Notes 145
7 The Dance of Old and New 147
Modelling the Mind 148
The Three Part Brain 150
1.The Instinctive Stage 151
2.The Emotional Stage 151
3.The Intellectual Stage 152
Two Approaches to Decision Making 154
The Conditions for Creativity 157
Getting to Grips with Insights 159
Intuition: Our Fourth Mental Capability 162
Balanced Decision Making Requires a Balanced Mind and Brain 164
Notes 166
Part Three Transforming Decision Making from the Inside Out 169
8 The Inside-Out Challenge 171
Technical versus Adaptive Learning 174
Brains are “Plastic” 176
The Power of Attention 179
Attention, and The Myth of “the 10,000-Hour Rule” 180
Turning Development Inside Out 182
Addressing “Big Questions 1 & 2”
Notes 188
9 Evolving the Brain 191
The Fundamental Question 193
Isn't Some Stress Good for Performance? 195
Introducing … Your Frontal Lobe 198
The Real Impact of Stress 200
A Neural Seesaw 203
The Bad News, and the Good 204
From Reaction to Response: Shifting Our Perceptual Centre of Gravity 207
Becoming Mindful 208
Notes 211
10 Unlocking Creativity Through Mindfulness 213
Achieving Optimal Performance 215
The Ultimate Skill 217
Getting Present 219
Attention in the Absence of Mindfulness 222
Bounded Awareness 225
Seeking to Disprove 227
Meditation Improves Attention 230
The Conditions for Insight 232
Notes 237
Conclusion 239
The Need for Mindful Awareness 241
“Get into the Water” 243
Transformation via the Ten Principles 245
Note 249
Index 251
EULA 257

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.7.2017
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Bewerbung / Karriere
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
• Schlagworte: Business & Management • Business Self-Help • decision making approaches • decision making capabilities • decision making impact on business • decision making skills • Entscheidungsfindung • faster decision making • identifying bias • Intuitive Decision Making • leadership skills • making operational decisions • making people decisions • making strategic decisions • Management Decision Making • Michael Nicholas • organsational leadership • Problem Solving • Professional Judgement • Professional Reasoning • Ratgeber Wirtschaft • rational decision making • The Little Black Book of Decision Making: Making Complex Decisions with Confidence in a Fast-Moving World • Wirtschaft /Ratgeber • Wirtschaft u. Management
• ISBN-10: 0-85708-701-0 / 0857087010
• ISBN-13: 978-0-85708-701-0 / 9780857087010