#decision-making

#decision-making

Creative fulfillment on one hand, financial insecurity on the other; feeling passion about your work versus a long career timeline.

When stress builds without relief, the brain shifts into survival mode. In survival mode, clarity and presence of mind can quickly disappear.

Big Bet Decisions are infrequent, high-stakes decisions that can significantly impact a company's future, like acquisitions and major investments.

Design doesn't necessarily always have a value problem. They have a translation problem. We do valuable work. But when we explain it to executives, we explain it like they're a designer.

The pre-mortem method involves team members imagining a project failure and identifying reasons for that failure, usually surfacing unexpected and valuable issues.

Even with all our progress in science and education, people still confuse correlation with causation. It's not just about not knowing statistics. This mix-up runs deeper.

An approval matrix template is a workflow document that helps streamline and standardize the approval process within an organization. It visually represents who is authorized to approve specific actions, decisions, or documents.

You will have to make very practical (sometimes very cold) decisions about what you want from life and what you're willing to give up. And if you don't make them, then life will make them for you.

Time vampires are events that drain your time, seemingly innocuously. For example, 10 minutes of wasted time daily adds up to over 60 hours in a year.

The most valuable outcome was discovering capabilities we didn't know existed. Our most technical co-founder, who rarely spoke in client meetings, turned out to be exceptionally skilled at understanding customer needs when he had to step into that role.

Venn diagrams use overlapping circles to show the relationship between two or more things, facilitating comparisons across various fields.

Dr. David H. Rosmarin leads a roundtable at TechCrunch All Stage 2025, focusing on transforming anxiety into a strategic advantage for startup founders.

"What genius!" they mocked. They predicted drama, although not a disaster like this. The gory consequences of the decision to try and change the law on welfare this week are there for all to see.

Many organizations are prioritizing the integration of AI tools into the workplace. Early studies show AI can boost employee performance, improve communication, and help expand customer bases.

Conscious awareness and emotional regulation lead to neural networks that grow, prune, and strengthen based on conscious focus and repeated practice, resulting in improved clarity.

The first match is always difficult... that it can be hard not to force things, not to get carried away with a determination to impress.

Emotional exhaustion can mute inner clarity, leading capable women to self-doubt.

“The path to the future isn’t a straight line. That’s where strategic foresight comes in. Foresight isn’t prediction; it’s a discipline for understanding complexity.”

The only reason that we can make those assumptions is because somewhere, over long periods of time, responsible adults have done the work necessary to ensure that these mundane...

I awoke and went to the elevator where Jan Miner passed by muttering something about the 'fucked-up world we live in.' Agreed.

The trolley problem illustrates that both action and inaction carry moral weight, highlighting the complexities of utilitarianism and the ambiguity in decision-making.

The best decisions come from untangling motivations before you choose, as conflicting desires can complicate seemingly straightforward decisions.