Better Insights, Better Results
“The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.” — Coco Chanel Expert judgment is the ability to make predictions and avoid problems in a given domain. How can you test the judgment of somebody on your team? You can observe them over time, or you can accelerate the process by asking them about …
How do you get a group to make better decisions? In Social Psychology: Theories, Research, and Applications, Robert S. Feldman writes how cooperative controversy is an effective technique for enhancing group effectiveness. Beat Up and Explore Ideas Together Beating up an idea is good. Resistance makes it stronger. The trick is how to beat up …
Why do we resist taking advice? In Software Architect Bootcamp, Raphael Malveau and Thomas J. Mowbray, Ph.D. write about the friction around giving and getting advice. Discouraging Others is Natural Malveau and Mowbray write: “When people come up with new ideas, it’s human nature to try to talk them out of it. The tendency occurs …
Experts don't make decisions the same way novices do. It's an entirely different process. Experts draw from experience. They rapidly test patterns against mental simulation to find a fit.
Satisficing isn't about finding the best fit. It's about finding a good enough fit for the current situation. In Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions, Gary Klein writes about satisficing.
