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How can we make better decisions?


My decision-making framework
“Decision making is the specific executive task.”- Peter Drucker After spending over a year blogging about how people's decisions can be...
hbsingh
Mar 10, 20235 min read


From Decision to action
"Ideas without action are worthless." Harvey Mackay Today's Blog (#52) is about making the transition from decision-making to acting. The...
hbsingh
Mar 3, 20233 min read


How to avoid FOBO
Today's Blog (#51) is how to make a good choice when confronted by lots of appealing and sensible options. We often think about having...
hbsingh
Feb 24, 20234 min read


8 reflections from 50 decision blogs
“Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.” – Napoleon Bonaparte Blog 50 - Woohoo! This journey...
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Feb 17, 20234 min read


Getting bias out of decisions
“The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.” - Robertson Davies Today's Blog (#49) is about avoiding bias. I believe that...
hbsingh
Feb 10, 20234 min read


Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics
Today's Blog (#48) is about the misuse of statistics - a subject close to my heart. Misuse happens in getting data, crunching data and...
hbsingh
Feb 3, 20234 min read


Context dear boy!
"Context is everything" - Alvin Gouldner Today's short Blog (#47) is about context and is a part of the information gathering part of...
hbsingh
Jan 26, 20234 min read


Gathering good information
“The only source of knowledge is experience” - Albert Einstein Blog 46 starts on how people can gather good information. Last week we...
hbsingh
Jan 20, 20234 min read


Why I rarely read news
“Just as modern man consumes both too many calories and calories of no nutritional value, information workers eat data both in excess and...
hbsingh
Jan 13, 20235 min read


Which Big Decision?
"Decision is a sharp knife that cuts clean and straight; indecision, a dull one that hacks and tears and leaves ragged edges behind it."...
hbsingh
Jan 6, 20235 min read


2022 - Key insights
This is my final post of 2022 (#43). Thank you for joining me so far on the journey highlighting decision-making and the brain. 'What...
hbsingh
Dec 10, 20223 min read


What should we cover in 2023?
“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” – Abraham Lincoln (we know he gets the credit...
hbsingh
Nov 26, 20222 min read


8 brain books for you
′So many books. So little time...' - Frank Zappa Thank you for joining me for blog 41, highlighting decision-making and the brain. This...
hbsingh
Nov 18, 20224 min read


Group dynamics - 4 things you need to know
"It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit" - Harry S. Truman Thank you for joining me for another...
hbsingh
Nov 11, 20222 min read


3 tips for leading group discussions
"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled they will say: we did it ourselves" - Lao...
hbsingh
Nov 4, 20224 min read


How do world-beating teams decide?
"Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life forever" - Amy Poehler...
hbsingh
Oct 30, 20224 min read


Why we need U-turns
"When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?" - Paul Samuelson Thank you for joining me for another blog (#37),...
hbsingh
Oct 14, 20223 min read


Beware - groupthink
"Groupthink refers to a deterioration in mental efficiency, reality testing and moral judgments as a result of group pressures." - Irving...
hbsingh
Oct 7, 20223 min read


Make. Meetings. Better.
“If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that...
hbsingh
Oct 1, 20224 min read


3 pillars of bad incentives
“Never, ever, think about something else when you should be thinking about the power of incentives.” - Charlie Munger Thank you for...
hbsingh
Sep 24, 20224 min read


Broad incentives
'Show me the incentive and I will show you the outcome' - Charlie Munger Thank you for joining me for blog 33, highlighting...
hbsingh
Sep 16, 20223 min read


Wisdom in crowds
“Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.” - Helen Keller Thank you for joining me for blog 32, highlighting...
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Sep 9, 20223 min read


10 Weasel words and phrases
Thank you for joining me for blog 31, highlighting decision-making and the brain. This is my public exploration of what drives...
hbsingh
Sep 4, 20225 min read


Hormones cheat sheet
"To control your hormones is to control your life" - Barry Sears Thank you for joining me for blog 30 (!), highlighting decision-making...
hbsingh
Aug 28, 20222 min read
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