Decision Making Under Uncertainty
How to make sound, timely decisions when information is incomplete: decision types, bias awareness, simple frameworks, and communicating a decision so people can act on it. For supervisors, engineers and professionals in industrial and energy organisations, and for self-directed learners.
51m
Total time
4
Competency levels
12
Lessons
What you'll learn
- Explain the difference between reversible and one-way-door decisions, and between routine and novel decisions
- Recognise common biases — confirmation, anchoring, sunk cost and groupthink — and apply practical counters to each
- Apply simple frameworks (weighted pros and cons, explicit decision criteria, who-decides clarity) to structure a real decision
- Decide under time pressure with incomplete information, matching the depth of analysis to the stakes and reversibility of the decision
- Communicate a decision with its rationale, and stand behind it while remaining open to new evidence
Curriculum
Progress through each competency level in order.
1
Awareness
- 2mWhat Kind of Decision Is This?Knowledge
- 2mData Plus JudgementKnowledge
- 7mAwareness Check: Decision BasicsAssessment
2
Knowledge
- 2mFour Biases That Distort DecisionsKnowledge
- 2mSimple Frameworks That Earn Their KeepKnowledge
- 8mKnowledge Check: Biases and FrameworksAssessment
3
Skill
- 3mDeciding Under Time PressureKnowledge
- 3mRun a Structured DecisionAssignment
- 8mSkill Check: Deciding in the Real WorldAssessment
4
Mastery
- 3mCommunicating and Standing Behind DecisionsKnowledge
- 3mLead and Land a Significant DecisionAssignment
- 8mMastery Assessment: Judgement Under FireAssessment
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