Decisions Over Decimals: Striking The Balance Between Intuition And Information

Today's leaders must make critical decisions under greater complexity than ever before. While technology has made our lives easier, leaders need to manage the waves of ever-increasing information and ever-decreasing time to analyze data thoughtfully. We fear casting a decision that's not right, not smart, or no decision at all. In the search for information our teams lose sight of the actual problem to be solved, spin into a state of analysis paralysis, relying on data as a crutch.

The confident leader grows and builds teams that know how to make smart decisions under uncertainty. This instructive guide outlines a practical approach to making fast decisions by striking the right balance between data and judgement. Drawing on lessons from Amazon, Amex, Deloitte, Google, IBM, Microsoft, start-ups, and from leading workshops and classes with thousands of executives, the authors share simple methods to navigate past stumbling blocks and translate decisions into action. Using the ACT model leaders will be able to assess the situation, challenge the data presented to them, and translate insights to actions while bringing key stakeholders along.

Chasing the Decision will teach you to:

- Lead a brainstorming session and effectively frame a problem.

- Organize and assess data quickly (even for the readers who have not gone to 'math camp').

- Ask precise questions to start meaningful dialogue.

- Synthesize information to convert knowledge into actions.

- Build teams to make informed decisions quickly and effectively.

- Apply a flexible approach that strikes the right balance between data and intuition.

- Engage collaborators and integrate their views to create buy-in.