Clayton M. Christensen
The problem with the way we teach is that if a student makes a comment in class that isn’t grounded in the data in the case, the instructor is trained to crucify her right on the spot. And so we exalt the virtues of data-driven decision making. And then many of the students go to work for consulting firms where they carry data-driven analytical decision … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Decision Making, Innovation
Antonio Damasio, head of neurology at the Universi
Emotions get decision-making started, presenting the conscious, logical mind with a short list of possibilities. Without at least a little intuition, then, the decision process never leaves the gate.
Content: Quotation | Source: Business 2.0 | Subject: Decision Making
Admiral Radford
A decision is the action an executive must take when he has information so incomplete that the answer does not suggest itself.
Content: Quotation | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Decision Making, Management
Henry Kissinger
High office teaches decision-making not substance. It consumes intellectual capital; it does not create it. Most high officials leave office with the perceptions and insights with which they entered; they learn how to make decisions but not what decisions to make.
Content: Quotation | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Decision Making, Leadership
W. Douglas, US Supreme Court
90% of any decision is emotional. The rational part of us supplies the reason for supporting our predilections.
Content: Quotation | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Decision Making, Personality / Behavior