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3 Traps That Cause CIOs To Make Bad Decisions

How do you make decisions? We’d all like to think that we carefully weight the available evidence and then use our past experiences to make the right decision each time. However, the reality is actually quite different.

As CIOs we are asked to make some very big “bet the company” types of decisions. If we don’t know why we sometimes make bad decisions, it may cause us to hesitate and wait too long before making a decision.

It turns out that there are 3 different reasons why a CIO can end up making a bad decision. We’re going to take a look at each of these hidden decision making traps and show you how to identify them and, even more importantly, how to avoid them…

The Anchoring Trap

John Hammond is a researcher who has looking into why CIOs make bad decisions. His research has revealed that CIOs (along with other decision makers) struggle to make complex decisions.

We’ve developed ways of coping with making the “big” decisions. We use what are called heuristics which are basically little unconscious routines to reach a decision. Normally this works just fine. However, it’s when they don’t work that we run into troubles.

Is the population of the United States greater than 100 million? What is the population of the United States? It turns out that if I had asked you if the population of the United States was 50M in my first question, most of you would have guessed a much lower number in answer to my second question.

The reason that we do this is the same reason that CIOs can make bad decisions: we give way too much weight to the first information that we receive on a topic that we’re going to have to make a decision on. We say that this first blast of information “anchors” our following thoughts on the subject and clouds our judgment.

CIOs can deal with this problem by taking the time to try to view each decision that they have to make from multiple perspectives. Also remain open minded – see the thoughts of others in your organization who may be better positioned to view this issue from a different angle.

The Status-Quo Trap

Let’s all face it: we like things the way that they are. When it comes to making decisions this bias does not go away.

When we have to make a decision, we prefer to choose those options that will keep things pretty much the way that they are as opposed to introducing radical change.

The researchers who have looked into why we fall into the status-quo trap report that this is a deeply engrained part of who we are. We are actively looking for ways to shield our ego from anything that could result in damage to the way that we see ourselves.

In order to overcome this decision making trap, while making a decision CIOs need to remind themselves about what their goals are: what do they really want to accomplish. Sticking with the status quo might be the right way to go, or maybe it isn’t.

Make sure that you don’t allow yourself to be fooled by what you might think your switching costs are. It’s never easy to move from the status quo to something else, but it might not be as hard as you are imagining it to be.

The Sunk-Cost Trap

A sunk cost is something that we’ve spent either time or money (or both) on in the past that we can never hope to get back. The problem that CIOs run into is that once the cost has been realized, it can cloud our future decision making.

Specifically, once we’ve committed ourselves to investing in a project or an employee, we find it much easier to continue to invest in them as opposed to cutting off the flow of funds and / or time.

The reason that we make this kind of mistake is very simple: we don’t want to admit that we made a mistake in the past. By admitting that we made a mistake, we will be publically opening ourselves up to criticism and nobody wants to do that.

In order to avoid falling into this decision making trap, we need to work hard to mentally set aside decisions that we’ve made in the past when we are making new decisions. This is also a great time to find others in the organization who were not involved in the previous decisions and ask for their views.

What All Of This Means For You

An important part of the job of being a CIO is to be able to quickly make the right decision, no matter how big the question is. It turns out that this can be harder to do than we might think: there are three decision making traps that CIOs often fall into.

The three decision making traps that CIOs often fall for include placing too much weight on the first information that they receive, trying to perpetuate the current status quo, and making decisions that justify our past decisions.

Being aware of these decision making traps will allow us to detect when we are starting to fall into them. CIOs will always be asked to make important decisions, we just need to make sure that we are able to make the best decisions possible.

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Photographs Memories

Photographs Memories

Can Anyone Develop A Photographic Memory?

Everyone has seen movies or read books where a character has the uncanny ability to remember everything he or she sees down to the finest detail.  These fictional characters have photographic memories, the envy of all who observe their talent.  The question that arises, though, is how do you develop a photographic memory yourself?  Is it something that’s even possible?

We know that we use only a small fraction of our brain’s full potential.  We also don’t understand much of how the brain works, although research gives us more insight every year.  Whether or not you will have the ability to just look at a page from a phone book and remember names and numbers years later, there are things that you can do right now to beef up your memory skills and enhance your brainpower.

Be Discerning: There’s a fine line that you need to learn to walk in order to improve your ability to memorize.  On the one hand, you need to be observant, noticing and processing all of the details necessary to commit the facts to your brain.  On the other hand, you also need to be somewhat discerning with what you loading into your mind.  Try to filter out extraneous information so as to reduce the workload on your brain in order to make storing and recalling more efficient.

Visual Association: The use of visual association has been around for centuries and involves associating information that you are learning with objects that you picture in your mind. Some people believe that visual association is relatively a new technique, which is not true. The basic principle behind visual association is to connect unique and unrelated topics with images, and thus recollect these topics by the images associated with them.

Improving Focus: Improving focus is very important when it comes to approaching the concept of a photographic memory for yourself. Some of the oldest yet most effective techniques to improve anyone’s focus is meditation and yoga. If you have problems in concentrating, these are two effective techniques that will dramatically improve your ability to concentrate. Without being able to filter out distractions, it can make it quite difficult for you to learn new information.  Moving to a quiet, isolated area and playing classical music in the background are two easy steps to create an ambience amenable to study.

Puzzle Games: Solving puzzles and playing games are not only great exercises for the mind, but they also allow you to engage others socially, which we know has a positive impact on cognitive function. There are many ways to improve your memory by playing puzzle games. You can play with your friends and challenge yourself by competing with others, finding tougher opponents to stretch your skills. Another idea is to play a game or solve a puzzle with an eye toward completing your goal in as short a time frame as possible. There are many games and puzzles out there that can hone your memory and problem-solving abilities.

These techniques are very easy to follow and you don’t need a whole lot of resources to invest in. Taking the time to invest in improving your recall abilities is a worthwhile endeavor. Even if you may not achieve the fabled photographic memory, you can still improve a skill which will benefit you greatly both personally and professionally.

About the Author

Kevin Green has studied memory and brain function for years and has created a resource to help people with memory training at http://www.LearnToImproveYourMemory.com. Sign up to receive a free 10 part mini-course that covers increasing concentration, memorizing techniques, exercises for brain enhancement, and more.

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