Soft skills · Leadership & Decision Making
Decision-Making & Professional Judgment Written by Zeeshan Adil
1 h 25 min · 7 parts · 25 chapters
From chapter 1, 1 h 25 min
Learn to make clear, defensible decisions at work: name the trade-off, weigh risk, decide when information is missing, prioritize, catch your own biases, and handle ethical grey areas. Every module is practice with real scenarios from remote teams, freelance clients, startups and NGOs.
Read the course : the same chapters with diagrams, labs and quizzes.
Chapters
Part 1 · What a good decision is 7 min 1 Set the scene 2 min 2 Decisions are not outcomes 3 min 3 One-way and two-way doors 2 min
Part 2 · Trade-offs and competing options 16 min 1 Set the scene 3 min 2 Name the trade-off 4 min 3 Compare options with criteria 5 min 4 Choosing between two solutions 5 min
Part 3 · Risk and deciding under uncertainty 14 min 1 Set the scene 3 min 2 Likelihood and impact 4 min 3 The pre-mortem 4 min 4 Deciding with missing information 4 min
Part 4 · Prioritization 14 min 1 Set the scene 2 min 2 Urgent and important 4 min 3 Impact and effort 3 min 4 Saying no and renegotiating 5 min
Part 5 · Cognitive biases 14 min 1 Set the scene 3 min 2 Confirmation bias 3 min 3 The sunk cost trap 3 min 4 Anchoring and overconfidence 4 min
Part 6 · Ethics and professional judgment 9 min 1 Set the scene 3 min 2 Three tests for grey areas 3 min 3 Raising a concern 3 min
Part 7 · Capstone: your decision memo 11 min 1 Set the scene 3 min 2 The decision memo 5 min 3 Write and submit your memo 3 min