Teams spend an awful lot of time making decisions about their product, workflows, design, code, etc. Each of those decisions affect your day to day life, either directly or indirectly. Yet most decisions aren’t given the attention that they deserve: they are made in a biased way without the proper analysis that they need. Imagine what the world would be like if everyone practiced a little more rational decision making…

In this talk, Gien and Evelyn will discuss the art of decision making. They combined their knowledge of Decision Making Theory and Social Sciences to offer you a better way to make decisions with your team. They will walk you through multiple scenarios and show you how those scenarios are being perceived by different persona’s.

After this talk, you will know how to recognize influential biases and heuristics when making a decision and how you can make sure those decisions are optimized for a good outcome. You will understand the characteristics of (good) decisions, and some of the most dominant social dynamics that influence decision making processes in teams and organizations.