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The difficulty of predicting the future complicates decision-making for people at every level of an organization from low-level employees who may be angling for a promotion or thinking of a career ...

Founder of 1TEAM Innovation demonstrates how applied research, not abstract theory, drives measurable organizational performance.

Within the demanding nature of business, effective leadership abilities are crucial for achieving organizational success. One trait that significantly enhances the ability to make sound, profitable ...

Scaling a business hinges on streamlined decision-making. Leaders must be agile, making accurate and timely decisions to ensure success. Streamlined decision-making enhances business agility, enabling ...

Making decisions is a key function of leadership. Leaders must make complex decisions that affect the lives of their teams, businesses, and communities. Expertise in the fine art of making decisions ...

The quality of our decisions defines our legacy as leaders. We make around 35,000 decisions a day and close to 800,000,000 in a lifetime. Not all decisions are equal. Many are default, some are ...

Business decision makers sometimes face adversarial priorities when it comes to decision making. In the interest of furthering the business, good decisions must be grounded in research, forethought, ...

Learn skills Al can't replace in 2026 such as Judgment, Process, Storytelling & Critical Thinking. The Cockpit Rule outlines delegate, collaborate, or manual AI use ...

Every decision comes with an element of risk. It’s a fact that can paralyze a leader who overthinks in their effort to drive that risk to near zero before they act. It’s a common enough phenomenon to ...

Key points Decision-making is a key life and career skill that is infrequently taught or systematically developed. Typical challenges include decision fatigue, analysis-paralysis, and ...

This is Part 7 in a 7-part series about world poker champion and cognitive scientist Annie Duke, Ph.D., whose insights follow each question below. To read from the start of the series, see Part 1.