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The Blind Spot of Expertise
Today’s Strategic Alignment Journal post in two sentences: Experience helps us recognize patterns, make informed decisions and interpret complex situations, but it can also lead us to rely on familiar explanations without recognizing what makes a situation different. The value of expertise lies not only in what we know, but in our willingness to question…
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The Burden of the First Answer
Today’s Strategic Alignment Journal post in two sentences: The first plausible explanation for a problem can become the anchor for everything we think and do next. Better decisions sometimes require us to release that first explanation and be curious enough to look more closely at the evidence, especially the pieces that do not align with…
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What Can Pigs Teach Us About Decision Making?
Today’s 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁 in two sentences: Sometimes the most valuable lessons in decision making come from the places we least expect. Pigs remind us that good judgment is not about knowing everything, but about consistently observing, remembering, discerning, adapting, and choosing well. A Surprising Teacher As a young adult, I absolutely LOVED National…
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Why “One Size Fits All” Decision Training Fails
There is value in teaching and training leaders to become more effective in areas like decision-making, communication, delegation, negotiation, strategic planning, conflict resolution, emotional regulation, and execution. Organizations need these things. Teams function better when leaders can slow down enough to evaluate options, regulate reactions, ask better questions, and avoid making decisions from pure panic…
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