Making Effective Decisions A 3-part Online series

Session 3 ~ Barriers to Effective Decision Making

“When you have to make a choice and don’t make it, that is a choice.” William James

Linda Brunowww.LindasWorkshops.com

www.LindasWorkshops.blogspot.comLinda@LindasWorkshops.com

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1) Decisions are sometimes difficult to make because we have been taught to

our creativity.suppress

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2) Blocks to creative decision making might be any of the following:

a. , such as

• fear • need for approval • desire for order/structure**• judging • impatience

emotional

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b. , such as

• distractions (telephone, email, visiting, work!) • lack of cooperation• dictator bosses• bureaucracy

environmental

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c. , such as

• seeing what we expect to see • tunnel vision• not taking time to define the problem

perceptual

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d. , such as

• lack of understanding• lack of experience/training

intellectual

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e. , such as

• traditions• focus only on logic, reason, or numbers• distrust of “creative” solutions• conformity

cultural

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3) When you find yourself “blocked” regarding making a decision, what might be the cause(s)?

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Overcoming Barriers to Creativity and Effective Decision-Making

1)Understand that resistance to creativity is usually an

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not a core belief.

attitude

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2) being creative.

How would you do that?

Practice

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3) .

How would you do that?

Compete

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4) preparation.

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ANGRY

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Mental

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Which area tends to limit your creativity?

emotional environmental

perceptual

intellectual cultural

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What preparation do you need to

unleash your creativity?

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5) Work as part of a .team

Tackle the decision – not each other!

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Consider the following quotes:

“Faced with a choice between changing one’s mind and

proving that there’s no need to do so, almost everybody gets busy on the proof.”

John Kenneth Galbraith

Do you “get busy on the proof?”

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“If you have always done it that way, it is probably wrong.” Charles Kettering

Do you find yourself saying (or thinking),

“We’ve always done it that way?”

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and last but not least!...

“If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to see all problems as nails.

Having a versatile, well-stocked toolbox is essential for good decision making.”

Anonymous

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What tools can you add to your toolbox as a result of our sessions on decision-making?

The 5 Whys Questions to consider An understanding of limits

in your decision-making

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A new perspective on what blocks your creativity

A decision-making technique Brainstorming techniques Creativity boosters or………..

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Notes to self:

I’ve decided to useuse some of these tools!

I’ve decided that this won’t work for me…

I’ve decided I’ll wait until a “better time” to decide!

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Page 4 is yours to useto practice your

“creative thinking”

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Thanks so much for making the decision

to grow with this series of workshops!

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