Sometimes you have to make decisions without the luxury of time, but there are a few things we can do to increase our odds.

Russell Boon25 August 2018choice, decison, decision-making, speedComment

Doing is Learning

Part of working with organisations to streamline their decision processes and working with staff to empower their decision-making is conducting some exercises to test these processes. Sometimes this is in the

self improvementRussell Boon29 September 2016decision-making, #decision-making, #Pscychology, #decision, #practice, #learningComment

Electoral Decision Fatigue?

By the time you are reading this Australia will have a new Prime Minister. Full disclosure, this article was penned before the polling booths closed and whether Malcolm Turnbull is returned to office or Bill Shorten

Russell Boon2 July 2016sociology, #Politics, #government, decision-making, #decision-making, #decision, #Australia, #Election, #Brexit, #PrimariesComment

Two Things That Can Cripple Your Decision-Making: And What To Do About It

Making decisions is something we do every day, all day. An average person makes between 3000 and 10 000 decisions a day. Many of these decisions are made without you really noticing that you arrived at

Russell Boon21 April 2016decision-making, decision, Leadership, Management, anxiety, #Thinking, #decision, #Pscychology, #decision-making, #successfulComment

Evolve or Drop by the Wayside: Do you have the Skills for the 2020 Marketplace?

Depending upon whom you choose to listen to or which research you believe its forecast that up to a third of jobs today wont exist by 2020. Its not that jobs will just evaporate but the roles themselves will change

Any Decision, Even the Wrong Decision, is Better Than no Decision.

We all spend more time and energy than we imagine making choices in everyday situations. Its a well researched phenomena that choices (decisions) we make today about the most trivial matters are compounded

self improvementRussell Boon7 November 2015decision, decision-making, clarity, leadership, progress, deadline Comment

The First Rule of Problem-Solving

Something surprising is surfacing throughout Western society and becoming more apparent to me every day. We, as a supposedly modern, educated, liberated, domesticated 1st world society, are outsourcing our responsibility.

emergency preparednessRussell Boon28 March 2015decision-making, integrity, ownershipComment

Decision-making issues: Framing

Speaking with a friend of mine over Christmas highlighted how one influencing factor regarding decision-making can make a life saving difference. You may already know about ‘framing’ with regards

Russell Boon31 December 2014Russell Boondecision-making, decision, emergency, framingComment

Time to (Re) Consider Taking Some Risks?

Sometimes we're asked questions about emergency management or implementation of changes to procedures, and we give honest answers that the questioner or audience doesn't always like or agree with.

Russell Boon10 March 2014Risk, capacity, capacity-building, deepwater horizon, decision, decision-making, LeadershipComment

Emergency Management and decision-making insight, issues and reviews