Speaker
Abstract
An exploration into the science behind decision-making, and tips and tricks to improve your ability to make sound personal and professional choices.
Interview
I spent the majority of my time at the intersection between many disciplines, in particular Engineering, Product, Delivery, and our organizational transformation team. Identifying the best possible way to evolve our system's capabilities to deliver a digital-first BBC. This requires close collaboration with engineering around implementation questions, work with Product, Strategy, Data, and UX around how to best evolve these capacities according to the user/business needs, and through the deep knowledge of how the systems interact, help identify the best path for delivery.
Decision making is arguably the most important job the more senior you get, however also one of the easiest to get wrong! This talk provides reflections based on training on the subject and taking influences from my work as a coach to help attendees spot potential biases in their approach to decision making.
It’s for anyone interested in making better decisions. I even use parts of it with my kids to great effect!
An awareness how your own drivers and biases can affect your decision making, and a couple of tips and tricks for how to mitigate them
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