EXECUTIVE
DECISION
MAKING

Module description:

Decision making is a skill just like public speaking or negotiating. A person is either good at it or not. Most people take decisions based on so many decision making pitfalls and do not realize it only to be overwhelmed with the results at the end.


How do I take crucial decisions without all the information I need? 

How do I take crucial decisions without the luxury of time? 

When should I think in percentages and not absolutes?


These and many more questions are dealt with and solved in this module on decision making.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

At the end of this training the participants should know;

 

How the human brain is wired to take decisions.

How loss aversion affects decision making.

How to apply the following models in making decisions:

  • Reality Testing
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Inversion Thinking
  • Emotional Distancing

How to avoid thinking biases such as:

  • Confirmation Bias
  • Certainty Bias
  • Resulting or Outcome Bias
  • Tunnel Vision
  • Status Quo Bias

How impulse affects decision making 

How to deploy reflective intelligence in making decisions 

How to take good intuitive decisions 

How to improve memory 

How curiosity affects decision making 

How to increase curiosity How empathy affects decision making

How to increase empathy 

How the brains of different people function differently e.g. women, men, teenagers etc. 

How diet affects the brain and how to build a brain healthy diet lifestyle

 

DECISION MAKING PITFALLS

Certainty bias

Confirmation bias

Two Option Bias

The Frequency Exposure Bias

Hyperbolic Discounting

Status Quo Bias

Sunk Costs Fallacy

Tunnel Vision

 

DECISION MAKING MODELS:

Reality Testing

Inversion Thinking

Pattern Recognition
Thinking

Emotional Distancing

 

EXECUTIVE DECISION MAKING AND THE BRAIN

The Brain Tree Concept

Three Signs of a Healthy Brain

  • Inquisitive Intelligence
  • Intuitive Intelligence
  •  Innovative Intelligence

REFLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE AND EXECUTIVE DECISION MAKING

The 26+14 Model

CASE STUDY Oprah Winfrey

CASE STUDY George Soros 

Class Exercise

 

IMPULSE ENGINEERING AND EXECUTIVE DECISION MAKING

The Neuroscience of Impulses

CASE STUDY 1

CASE STUDY 2

Class Exercise

VOCALIZATION AND EXECUTIVE DECISION MAKING

The Impact of the Ears on the Brain

The Impact of the Eyes on the Brain

The Impact of the Mouth on the Brain

 

 

INQUISITIVE INTELLIGENCE AND EXECUTIVE DECISION MAKING

Enhancing your desire for knowledge

Remembering Reasoning and Research

 

INNOVATIVE INTELLIGENCE AND EXECUTIVE DECISION MAKING

Innovation Processes

Innovation Habits

Case studies on Innovation

 

INTUITIVE INTELLIGENCE AND EXECUTIVE DECISION MAKING

What is Intuition?

How to listen to your intuition

How to differentiate between Intuition and Frenetic Impulses

 

MEMORY AND EXECUTIVE DECISION MAKING

Encoding Memory

Consolidating Memory

Retrieving Memory

 

FORESIGHT AND EXECUTIVE DECISION MAKING

How Foresight Affects Decision Making

Case Studies

Attention Building Class Exercise

 

CURIOSITY AND EXECUTIVE DECISION MAKING

How CURIOSITY helps
profitable decision making.

How to build CURIOSITY

CASE STUDIES

 

UNDERSTANDING MAJOR PARTS OF THE BRAIN

The Prefrontal Cortex

The Hippocampus

The Amygdala

The Corpus Callosum

The Anterior Cingulate Cortex

 

MENTAL DEFICITS AND EXECUTIVE DECISION MAKING

Mentally Exertive Exercises

Mentally Replenishing Exercises

The Equalizing Process

 

COGNITIVE LAWS AND EXECUTIVE DECISION MAKING

Law of Amplified Intensity

Law of Feminine Uniqueness

Law of Masculine Uniqueness

Law of Diet

Law of Pain

Law of Volume

Law of Neurogenesis

Law of Neuroplasticity

Law of Rest.

 

EMOTIONAL TRANSPLANTATION

The Electricity of Thoughts

The Magneticity of Emotions

Neuroscience of Repetition

Neuroscience of Pain

Environmental Emotional Engineering

 

EMPATHY ENGINEERING

Neuroscience of Empathy

Neuroscience of Expansivity

Neuroscience of Envisioning

Neuroscience of Silence

Neuroscience of Solitude

Neuroscience of Self Talk

Neuroscience of Singularity

Neuroscience of Specificity

Neuroscience of Simplicity

Neuroscience of Anticipation and Expectation

Neuroscience of Honesty

Neuroscience of Deceit

The GOD Hormone: Oxytocin

Strategic Compassion

Hierarchical Reverence

Maniacal Feedbacking

Environmental Empathy

 

DIET AND EXECUTIVE DECISION MAKING

The best foods for the brain.

How they affect your brain and your decisions

How to maintain a healthy diet