Adaptive Decision Making Workshop

Course length: 2 Days
Prerequisites: None

Overview

In today’s fast-flowing business environment, leaders usually don’t have the luxury of time when making decisions. Leaders need to be able to quickly size up the situation, identify the most workable and expedient course of action, and then act—often without having all the data or the time to consider every possible option.

This course helps leaders accelerate the decision-making process, yet still make quality decisions in fast-paced environments with limited time and information. They also learn how to determine when it is appropriate to use this approach and when to slow down the process and apply a more traditional, analytical approach.

The Problem

• Leaders don’t have time to make decisions in today’s turbulent times
• Leaders don’t have access to all the information they need to make quality decisions
• Leaders must be able to make solo decisions and group decisions
• Leaders don’t have a guide for which decision making process to use
• Leaders can’t depend on “traditional” solutions they have to find more “innovative” solutions

Our Solution
To learn….

• To define adaptive decision making
• To identify personal and organizational roadblocks to using adaptive decision making
• When an adaptive decision is appropriate and when a more analytical approach is needed.
• To utilize various consistent approaches to accelerate the decision making process
• How to develop creative strategies to generate out-of the box solutions.

Course Outline

• Introduction
• Define Adaptive Decision Making as The ability to size up a situation and to recognize the best course of action.
• Differentiate between problems solving and decision making
• Understand and overcome personal “mental locks” that prevent you from being “comfortable” with ADM approaches to decision making
• Identify and strategize about circumventing organizational roadblocks to using ADM
• Identify business drivers for ADM
• Compare traditional decision making to ADM
• Use the TRY method to test your choice to use ADM
• Utilize a 4 step approach for a quick decision
• Explore how to use group dynamics and parallel thinking for a team decision approach
• Develop intuitive decision making for an “on-the-spot” decision utilizing your expertise
• Cultivate creative decision making skills for innovative decision making when the old ways just won’t work.