Quick Tips
Decision Lens includes process tips on each screen to help you every step of the way.
Get a hand with the process but stay in control.
Decision Lens provides you with the right tools to make the decision, not the decision itself. You have control over defining and prioritizing the criteria, evaluating the choices and ultimately making the decision. We show you the way to get there. You take all the credit.
When choosing group participants, think quality, not quantity.
Clients often ask, "How many participants does it take to make a credible decision?" It is more important to assemble the right mix of people to represent stakeholder positions and provide expertise required than to simply fill the chairs in a meeting room. That being said, from a group dynamics standpoint, it is difficult for more than 15-20 participants to have productive discussions. The more stakeholders involved, the more important it is to have a skilled facilitator to foster a collaborative environment.
There is no such thing as an objective decision.
All decisions require some judgment, and because judgment is subjective, all decisions are subjective. You can improve your decision process using Decision Lens to make that subjectivity explicit so you can evaluate the exact reasoning behind choices. This provides accountability and creates a structured foundation for future decisions. To further assist with this step, Decision Lens provides detailed reports illustrating how choices were influenced by judgment and other factors.
Anonymity has no place in decision making.
Anonymous decision making is a risky approach to making informed choices since it removes accountability, hiding both intelligence and lack of good judgment. Decision Lens allows participants to explicitly communicate their positions throughout the entire decision process. You'll know exactly how each participant contributed and who deserves a promotion.
Share the responsibility and get better results.
Participants tend to put more thought into a decision when they're involved in the process from the beginning. So it is important to include them in defining the decision criteria–not just in evaluating final choices. Decision Lens encourages full participation by collecting input from all the contributors throughout the entire process.
An organized decision is a smarter decision.
The number of criteria on any level of a decision hierarchy should be limited to no more than nine since studies have shown that humans are unable to deal with more than nine factors at one time. However, a decision can often be influenced by a dozen or more factors. The answer? Decision Lens can help you better organize the decision hierarchy by clustering criteria together and then breaking them down further in the lower levels of the hierarchy.
