Bulletproof decisions : how executives can get it right, every time / Ruben Ugarte.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ugarte, Ruben, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Decision making.

Success in business.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York ; London, England : Routledge, [2022]

Summary:

In this book, I will help business executives systematically tackle these 35,00 decisions. Executives are forced to make critical decisions that impact their lives, their employees' lives, and their customers.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication Page

Table of Contents

Author

Introduction

Other Works by Ruben Ugarte

Chapter 1 35,000 Reasons Why You Need This Book

It's the Not the Quantity but the Mental Burden

3 Strategies for Dealing With Decisions

Yes, Inaction Is a Decision

Not Every Decision Has a Happy Outcome

Chapter Summary

Chapter 2 The 5 Forces behind All Decisions and Why You Gravitate toward Some

The 5 Driving Forces

Emotional

Social

Personal

Intuitive

Moral

Doubling Down on Your Primary Force

Minimizing the Bias Generated by Each Force

Chapter 3 Before You Decide, Choose a Problem Worth Solving

Is This a Problem Worth Solving?

Effective Problem-Solving Is Good Critical Thinking

What is the problem?

What is the root cause of the problem?

Do I care about this problem?

Occam's Razor and Why a Straight Line Is the Shortest Path

Dealing with Problems Instead of Running Away from Them

Chapter 4 The Turtleneck Principle for Making Decisions Once and for All

Why You Should Wear the Same Outfit Every Day

Using Routines to Tackle Recurring Decisions

Does Your Team Know What to Do Regularly?

Optimizing Your Routines and Systems

Chapter 5 Using the 3 Os Framework for the Critical Few

The Remaining Critical Few

The 3 Os Framework: Using Rings to Hit the Goal

Critical Criteria

Optional Criteria

Learning the Framework and Throwing It Away

Learning in Chunks

Numbers to Leave the Numbers

Use Training Wheels

Make Your Thought Process Visible

Making the Framework Your Own

What steps resonate with you?

What steps come naturally or easy and what steps require work?

What else would you add to the framework?

Chapter Summary.

Chapter 6 Knowing What's Best, When to Decide, and How to Tell Them Apart

Knowing What's Best

Tactic #1: Run through Consequences

Tactic #2: Run Decision through a Moral Lens

Tactic #3: Run Decision through Different Preferences

Tactic #4: Run Decision through the Eyes of a Trusted Mentor or Someone You Look Up To

Knowing When to Decide

How the Context Changes Situations

Assumptive

Urgent

Applying the Three Strategies in a Rapidly Changing World

Chapter 7 How Leaders Make Decisions in Tough Situations

Knowing When to Involve Your Team in Decisions

Bringing Ethics and Morals into the 21st-Century Organization

Trend #1: Limited Avenues to Express Ideas

Trend #2: People Want to Support Causes They Care about

Trend #3: Amplification of Mistakes

Doing What's Right Even When It Isn't Popular or Easy

Belief One: Know You Can Adjust

Belief Two: Be Vulnerable

Belief Three: Treat People like Adults

The Future of Leadership and How to Prepare

Leadership Is Not Status, Power, or Authority

Faster Decisions in a Complex World

Adopting Styles to Younger Generations

Transparency

Knowing Your Medium

Chapter 8 The 7 Pillars of Effective Decision-Making for Individuals and Teams

7 Pillars for Effective Decision-Making

Speed

Permanence

Ownership

Loops

Fundamentals

Self-Interest

Future

Getting Your Team to Make Their Own Decisions

Idea #1: Establish a Culture That Accepts Mistakes

Idea #2: Teach or Coach Others How to Decide

Idea #3: Set Up Operating Constraints Wide Enough for Action

Idea #4: Offer Data as Support

Idea #5: Give Yourself Margins

The Pillars and Your Personal Life

Chapter 9 Understanding Why You Made the Wrong or Right Decision.

Deconstructing Your Best Decisions

Outcomes

Options

Obstacles

Where Post-mortems Go Wrong and How to Breathe Life into Them (Do Post Successes)

How did you arrive at the correct assumptions?

What surprised you?

How did you adjust to unexpected obstacles?

Based on what you now know, what else is possible?

The Fallacy of Decision Journals and Reducing Analysis Friction

Chapter 10 Trusting Your Gut in a World Ruled by Data

In God We Trust, All Others Bring Data

Myth #1: Data Is the Most Important Resource

Myth #2: Collecting Data Is the Hardest Problem

Myth #3: Everyone Wants to Be Data-Driven

Myth #4: Machine Learning Is the Future for All Companies

Myth #5: Technology Is the Trickiest Part of Any Data Strategy

Myth #6: Facts Are Clear, and Everyone Can See That

Myth #7: Opinions without Facts Aren't Welcome Here

Dealing with the Data Trifecta

Data Overwhelm

Funky Data

Data Silos

Training Your Gut with Data

Strategy #1: Validation of Assumptions

Strategy #2: Lean on Others

Strategy #3: Play Devil's Advocate

Living in Harmony With Numbers

Conclusion

Appendix

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-00-318538-X

1-000-50805-6

1-003-18538-X

9781003185383

OCLC:

1273727403