That’s the uncomfortable truth at the heart of confirmation bias — the tendency to seek out, favour, and remember information that supports what we already believe, while quietly discounting anything that contradicts it. It happens to intelligent, well-intentioned people every day.
Here’s how the traffic light system works: at the end of a meeting, ask every person present to rate it – green for “this meeting was a good use of my time,” amber for “mixed – some value, some waste,” red for “I could have been better employed elsewhere.”Rank your agenda items by priority to improve your meetings
There are the two words which determine whether you move forward, stay still or move backwards? Are you a “yes, but” person or a “yes, […]
En bloc simply means “as a whole”. It’s a very effective technique to deal with a range of items (which have disagreement) as one motion or one decision.
Every person makes their decisions differently. But some rely heavily on facts, and others on opinion.
The dangers of misinformation in meetings , determine if it is fact or fiction first
Consensus sounds wonderful in theory. Everyone agrees. Everyone’s happy. The decision moves forward with full buy-in. What’s not to love?
Quite a lot, as it turns out.
Opinions dressed up as facts is one of the biggest traps any group can make in decision making