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		<title>Cognitive Development for Dummies (and Molluscs)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 21:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent post I mentioned the work of famed psychologist Jean Piaget.  His theories of cognitive development were revolutionary in the way we look at the maturing of our ability to think.  While his theories have been proven to be perhaps too rigid in their somewhat linear progression, they remain incredibly insightful.  In fact, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegreatdecide.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14218702&amp;post=454&amp;subd=thegreatdecide&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wise Words, for Wise Crowds</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people are familiar with the basic principles of the well known book The Wisdom of Crowds.  The principles have been outlined here in previous posts and the book is one I highly recommend from our book club list.  For anyone unfamiliar with this work, the basic argument of the book is that a group that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegreatdecide.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14218702&amp;post=405&amp;subd=thegreatdecide&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Abilene, revisited</title>
		<link>http://thegreatdecide.wordpress.com/2011/05/16/abilene-revisited/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 03:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In working with many organizations on a wide range of complex decisions, I never fail to be amazed at the reaction to this question; &#8220;What is the goal of this decision?, what are we trying to decide?&#8221; Almost invariably, the question seems as though it triggers a line of thinking that has not been explored [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegreatdecide.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14218702&amp;post=369&amp;subd=thegreatdecide&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>They&#8217;re biased? I knew it all along! (part 2)</title>
		<link>http://thegreatdecide.wordpress.com/2011/01/26/theyre-biased-i-knew-it-all-along-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:54:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this second part of this discussion we will talk about how applying a structured decision process can help to temper, if not overcome some of the biases we pointed out in the previous post. Let’s start with a brief description of a structured approach to decision making.  For this example we will consider the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegreatdecide.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14218702&amp;post=337&amp;subd=thegreatdecide&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>They’re biased? I knew it all along!</title>
		<link>http://thegreatdecide.wordpress.com/2010/11/15/theyre-biased-i-knew-it-all-along/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hope you like the title of this post. It tees things up pretty well for what follows in this first of a two part series on cognitive biases.  The title demonstrates a Bias Blind Spot, suggesting the &#8220;I’m not biased, but THEY are&#8221;, and the famous “I knew it all along” type of thinking [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegreatdecide.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14218702&amp;post=294&amp;subd=thegreatdecide&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Collaboration, or Collaberration?</title>
		<link>http://thegreatdecide.wordpress.com/2010/09/20/collaboration-or-collaberration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 13:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I  don&#8217;t typically like discussions on a topic that start with an etymology lesson or definitions, but as I started thinking about the collaborative aspect of collaborative decision making, I really found myself having to give some consideration to the meaning of the word because it wasn&#8217;t immediately apparent to me exactly what everyone&#8217;s talking about, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegreatdecide.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14218702&amp;post=239&amp;subd=thegreatdecide&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Decisionometry</title>
		<link>http://thegreatdecide.wordpress.com/2010/08/12/decisionometry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 23:43:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Frequently in my work at Decision Lens, I am asked the following question in number of different ways by prospective clients and customers, so I&#8217;ll paraphrase it generally; How can I measure the value of using your decision making methodology and how much will it improve my decision making?&#8217; This is an absolutely loaded, or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegreatdecide.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14218702&amp;post=151&amp;subd=thegreatdecide&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Goal! Goal! Goooaaall!</title>
		<link>http://thegreatdecide.wordpress.com/2010/07/19/goal-goal%c2%a0goooaaall/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:37:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been about a week since the conclusion of the World Cup.  Congrats to Spain.  Espana es campeones del mundo as the result of a beautifully played tournament.  My family has close ties to Spain, so as the towers of tortilla, piles of paella and streams of sangria have finally subsided, I&#8217;m happy to have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegreatdecide.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14218702&amp;post=119&amp;subd=thegreatdecide&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What the Fark?</title>
		<link>http://thegreatdecide.wordpress.com/2010/07/02/what-the-fark/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 00:58:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past week on The Hill&#8217;s Hillicon Valley technology blog, the founder of Fark.com Drew Curtis is quoted to have said The &#8216;wisdom of the crowds&#8217; is the most ridiculous statement I&#8217;ve heard in my life. Crowds are dumb He goes on to say&#8230; It takes people to move crowds in the right direction, crowds [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegreatdecide.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14218702&amp;post=82&amp;subd=thegreatdecide&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It’s Your Move!</title>
		<link>http://thegreatdecide.wordpress.com/2010/06/22/its-your-move/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being a strategist, I have a fascination with chess, or at least the ideas of chess. It conjures images of fierce competition, intellectual rigor, intense strategic thinking and steely eyed focus.  It can also be surprisingly dramatic and controversial, with colorful characters.  I really want to be able to play well.  I can beat my six [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegreatdecide.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14218702&amp;post=42&amp;subd=thegreatdecide&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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