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I am passionate about the who, the how, the why, the whom, the what, the if, the when...

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Moldova has the largest wine cellar in the world...

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  A reply on Conversation: What is the key to smarter decisions?

  Nov 1 2012: Theodore, thanks for sharing. However, I think there are two conflicting points within the list in the article:
  
  "Adopting someone else's perspective helps us make smarter decisions." and "Most people get it wrong when trying to take others' perspectives."

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  Nov 1 2012: Point very well made. A clear vision, assessing options and understanding the impact.... and an element of luck!

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  Oct 24 2012: Very interesting thoughts. What do you think constitutes leading research in this area?
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  Oct 11 2012: So if we return back to the point of assessing the information we have (made by Colleen earlier in the thread), I think it is fair to say that the start of the journey to smarter decisions would be in assessing the four elements you've outlined before making the decision

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  Oct 10 2012: I think there's a fifth point as well, which was made in several of the thread's comments: assess what is the impact of the decision that has been implemented
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  A reply on Conversation: What is the key to smarter decisions?

  Oct 10 2012: I agree with you, Rick. Sometimes it's important to actually measure if a decision is necessary. As Colleen says, it should be based on the information available to us to make that decision. Sometimes it's better to let a risk occur than to make a decision to stop it (though I think it's quite hard to measure the available information that would enable someone to decide whether it's better to let something happen or not).
  
  On the flip side of that, sometimes it's better not to make a decision when information isn't available. This comes to the point of rushed decisions and stress. Sometimes people are too fast to judge...

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  Oct 10 2012: I like the suggestion of picturing the issue at hand in a box. What that would enable us, is to choose a side from which we decide to look at it.

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  Oct 10 2012: I think it might be better to associate a decision to value rather than cost... though it might be slightly harder to measure, I think it would result in less 'wrong' decisions

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  Oct 10 2012: Agreed. Important to consider both what goes in and what comes out of our decision making process

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  Oct 10 2012: But don't these happen after you've made the decision already?