Heuristics and Foundations of Decision Science
What are the 3 important Heuristics to military decision making?
Availability, Representativeness, and Anchoring
Discuss why facilitation needs to be a shared responsibility
More than one person
No one person can be sensible to all tasks.
What is system 1 Thinking?
thinking level is fast thinking, intuition, or an initial approach based on nexperience
Discuss the best practices for initiating and facilitating a virtual meeting?
Check your camera.
Muting hot mics.
Ensuring security.
Gate opening, gate closing (questions).
Group engagement.
What is System-2 Thinking?
thinking is systemic thought or slow thinking with intense effort as a result of the CRITICAL THINKING process
What are the 5 key meeting roles and the responsibilities of each role
Primary: focuses on process dynamics, aware of how things are done, intervenes to preserve integrity.
Secondary: Monitors themselves, intervenes to facilitate
Timekeeper: times task accomplishment
Minute taker: Takes notes concerning decisions and action items.
Scribe: Records what is being said in the group
Define heuristics and their impact on decision-making per Heuristics and Biases in Military Decision Making.
Rules of thumb used to reduce complexity, or first impressions, intuitions, or feelings. Could be akin to autopilot. System-1 thinking.
What are the 5 ways to handle emotions when they arise or handle troublesome behavior when it comes to meetings?
Firm but friendly confrontation
Encourage shared responsibility for handling difficult members
Use noverbal cues
Acknowledge acceptable behavior
Talk privately with repeat offenders
DEFINE the 3 important heuristics to military decision making.
Availability, or recall from memory based on experience, but applied to a new circumstance.
Representativeness, or “A is like B”, used to assess the probability that an event, person, or object falls into a larger category of events, people or things.
Anchoring, or sticking to the first decision when facing a new problem. As time and parameters change, you adjust the original appraisal.