Ep50 The Value of Diversity in Decision Making

The ability for senior leaders and C-Suite leaders to make decisions has been reported to be the single most important characteristic of success for those leaders. As a result, for the past 20 years the Zircon Psychologists have been researching decision making behaviours to understand how leaders make decisions and how leaders, teams and businesses can capitalise on the cognitive diversity of the team to be more innovative, efficient and decisive. In this episode Caitlin Cooper interviews Dr Amanda Potter to understand this research and draws out the topics of resilience, psychological safety, bias and belief when discussing decisiveness in leaders.

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Timestamps

The Value of Diversity in Decision Making

·       00:00 – Introduction to Decision Making

·       01:04 – I definitely like Italian food.

·       01:45 – Don’t leave work without making a decision…

·       02:53 – The 90’s were pretty wild

·       04:09 – Leaders know what they want

·       05:08 – Cognitive Diversity revisited

·       06:30 – Right or wrong are just words; what matters is what you do.

I just can’t decide!

·       07:47 – We have form

·       08:28 – The seeds of our work

·       09:53 – The 10 commandments (of decision making)

·       11:31 – It really depends…

·       12:09 – Showing real style

·       13:03 – Personal reference

·       14:52 – Thinking first, deciding later

·       16:26 – Belief Scale

Sorry what was that again?

·       17:07 – What can teams do to better their decision making?

·       19:50 – Learning from failure and recognising our flaws

·       21:26 – It’s a cultural thing…

·       23:38 – Psychological Safety revisited

·       24:19 – I’m a bit biased, but my decision to include this is final!

·       25:37 – Fundamental Attribution Error

·       26:41 – The effect of Diversity

·       28:22 – Reverse mentorship: the rise of the Shadow Boards

Solidification

·       29:56 – Neuroscience!

·       31:58 – You’re not delaying on purpose, are you?

·       33:38 – A bit of fresh air helps clear the head

·       34:49 – Let them eat… chicken & bananas?...

·       35:51 – The Mozart effect

·       36:24 – I’ve made my decision.

·       36:55 – The end.

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