Getting To “Decide”

Do you have a decision you need to make? In this half day, practical, hands-on workshop, participants will work through a ten step decision making process, based in decision science, in order to develop one or more possible courses of action for a particular decision they are facing. Each step in the process is designed to help participants consider multiple aspects of their decision and potential decision outcomes. The steps will also help participants incorporate available facts and evidence in a structured manner and avoid certain common decision making cognitive traps. Participants will leave the workshop with worksheets that they can use after the workshop to further explore and expand upon the decision options uncovered during the workshop.

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(Half-day workshop)

How to Boost Your Decision Making Power

What can decision science tell us about how to get the best outcomes from our decision making? How can we use our natural thinking patterns to our advantage? What roles do facts, evidence and reasoning play in high quality decision making? How can decision makers and decision supporters successfully work together to achieve good decision outcomes? This two day workshop combines short presentations with hands-on activities and a decision lab to teach essential decision making skills and reinforce key decision concepts. Participants will learn how to tip the balance in favour of good outcomes and boost their decision making power.

(Two-Day Workshop)

Getting To “Decide”: Climate Action Edition

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Do you want to take climate action but can’t decide where to start? In this climate action edition of the Getting to “Decide” workshop, participants will use the same ten steps from the regular Getting To “Decide workshop, with a specific focus on decisions and choices related to taking climate action. Participants will be given access to a climate action knowledge base containing useful facts to help them make decisions about which climate actions are most consistent with their personal priorities and values.

(Half-Day Workshop)

How to Make Data Supported Decisions

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The new field of decision science combines an understanding of human decision making with an appreciation for how data-derived facts can enhance the decision-making process. What does this look like in practice? In this two-day workshop we’ll explore the components of decision making, look at how each of these component can be further enhanced and supported by data-derived knowledge, and consider how this integrates with typical decision-making approaches. We’ll also cover how different specific analysis techniques feed into fact-supported decision making. Please note – there is some content overlap with the “How to Boost Your Decision Making Power” workshop, but in this workshop the emphasis is on how to successfully incorporate data into a broader decision-making process.

(Two-Day Workshop)

AI and Decision Making

In addition to using AI technologies for practical tasks, many people use AI chatbots and other AI engines to help them make decisions. Having a dedicated decision support team focused on your unique decision situation can improve your decision making outcomes, but how successful are current AI technologies at helping us make good decisions? In this 2hr workshop we’ll discuss the benefits and risks, strengths and weaknesses of using AI for decision support and decision making. In the process, we’ll explore strategies for getting the most value from a decision support team, whether it’s digital, human, or some combination of the two.

(2hr Workshop)

Boost Your Decision-Making Outcomes with Decision Science – A Four-Day Hands-On Workshop

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The new field of decision science combines an understanding of human decision making with an appreciation for how data-derived facts can enhance the decision-making process. What does this look like in practice? In this four-day workshop we’ll explore the components of decision making, consider how humans naturally make decisions, and then look at how each decision-making component can be further enhanced and supported by data-derived knowledge. Days one and two will introduce key decision intelligence concepts, supported by group exercises and discussion. On days three and four participants will carry out a series of hands-on lab activities to put all of this into practice.

(Four-Day Workshop)