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by John Adair
John Adair's 100 Greatest Ideas for Smart Decision Making
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100 Greatest Ideas . . . in an instant!
Title page
Copyright page
Author’s Note
Preface
PART ONE: Effective thinking skills
Thirteen greatest ideas on how your mind works
Idea 1: Inside your head
Idea 2: The mind at work
Idea 3: Your depth mind
Idea 4: What the depth mind can do
Idea 5: Become aware of your depth mind
Using your depth mind in sleep
Idea 6: Checklist – Listening to your depth mind
Idea 7: Learning to trust your intuition
Idea 8: How intuitive are you?
Idea 9: Intuition at work
Idea 10: Conscience
Idea 11: The whole person thinks
Idea 12: Valuing
Idea 13: Know your mind
Eight greatest ideas for clear thinking
Idea 14: Analytical ability
Idea 15: Hallmarks of a good analytical mind
Idea 16: How to achieve clarity
Idea 17: The power to simplify
Idea 18: Asking the right questions
Idea 19: The untrapped mind
Idea 20: The skill of clear thinking
Idea 21: Think for yourself
Five greatest ideas for truth
Idea 22: The love of truth
Idea 23: A rock for decision makers
Idea 24: Integrity
Idea 25: The principle of falsification
Idea 26: ‘As if’ thinking
Follow-up test
Effective thinking skills
Clear thinking
Truth
PART TWO: Decision-making strategies
Twenty-two greatest ideas for decision making
Idea 27: Decisiveness
Idea 28: Five steps in making a decision
Idea 29: Thinking clearly about objectives
Descending
Upwards
Idea 30: What is information?
Idea 31: The time/information curve
Idea 32: Factor analysis
Idea 33: Develop options
Idea 34: Why consultation matters
Idea 35: Avoid an either/or mindset
Idea 36: Using the lobster pot model
Idea 37: Checklist – Options
Idea 38: Probing the consequences
Idea 39: The committee of sleep
Idea 40: Assessing risk
Idea 41: Consider your options
Idea 42: The point of no return
Idea 43: Practice makes perfect
Idea 44: Depth minds at work
Idea 45: Five ways to improve your decisions
Idea 46: Integrity in business decisions
Idea 47: The do nothing option
Idea 48: Banish the fear of mistakes
Nine Greatest Ideas for Sharing Decisions
Idea 49: Your role as leader
Idea 50: Task, team and individual
Task need
Team maintenance need
Individual needs
Idea 51: The three circles interact
Idea 52: Eight functions of leadership
Idea 53: The decision-making continuum
Idea 54: The goal of consensus
Idea 55: How to achieve consensus
Idea 56: Checklist – Sharing decisions
Idea 57: The wisdom of groups
Follow-up test
Decision-making strategies
Sharing decisions
PART THREE: How to solve problems
Eight greatest ideas for problem-solving strategies
Idea 58: How solutions differ from decisions
Idea 59: A unisex model
Idea 60: Six steps for problem solvers
Idea 61: Checklist – Problem solving
Idea 62: Reflecting on problems
Idea 63: How to tackle systems problems
Define the deviation
Identify the cause or causes
Idea 64: Spot your problems early
Idea 65: Face the cannons
Follow-up test
Problem-solving strategies
PART FOUR: Generating ideas
Thirteen greatest ideas for productive thinking
Idea 66: Creativity
Idea 67: Dots and matchsticks
Idea 68: Always test your assumptions
Conscious assumptions
Unconscious assumptions
Idea 69: Avoid negative critics
Idea 70: Holistic thinking
Idea 71: The holistic mind at work
Systems as holistic concepts
Idea 72: Ideas grow like plants
Idea 73: Imaginative thinking
Idea 74: Imaginative abilities of the mind
Idea 75: Exercise your imagination
Idea 76: Imagination in action
Idea 77: Imagination in perspective
Idea 78: Checklist – How imaginative are you?
Eleven greatest ideas for useful originality
Idea 79: Quantity or quality?
Idea 80: The creative thinking process
Idea 81: Creativity in action – Thomas Edison
Idea 82: Widen your span of relevance
Idea 83: Make fuller use of your depth mind
Idea 84: Write down ideas
Idea 85: How to improve your creativity
Idea 86: Suspend judgement
Idea 87: How to lead a brainstorming session
Idea 88: Ten questions for entrepreneurs
Idea 89: How to encourage innovation
Follow-up test
Productive thinking
Useful originality
PART FIVE: Practical wisdom
Eleven Greatest Ideas for Practical Wisdom
Idea 90: Time to think
Idea 91: Reflective thinking
Idea 92: Ten principles of time management
Idea 93: Intellectual humility
Idea 94: Foresight
Idea 95: Calm judgement
Idea 96: Learning from experience
Idea 97: People decisions
The role of the depth mind
Idea 98: Judgement
Idea 99: Three elements of practical wisdom
Intelligence
Experience
Goodness
Idea 100: Your path to practical wisdom
Follow-up test
Practical wisdom
Appendix: Solutions
Idea 1: Who owns the zebra?
Idea 67: The nine dots and the six matches
Idea 82: Inventions and developments
About John Adair
Index
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