The decision journal: writing the reason before the result

Film

Chapters

1. 0:00 What you knew
2. 0:08 A decision journal for managers
3. 0:23 What a decision journal records
4. 0:40 It records a bet
5. 0:52 Why the reason has to come before the result
6. 1:08 The second problem is outcome bias
7. 1:30 Week one is about the threshold
8. 1:50 Week two adds the premortem
9. 2:12 Week three sets up the review
10. 2:24 Week four audits the journal itself
11. 2:36 Writing slows decisions
12. 2:55 Where this meets the patient who crosses a border
13. 3:15 A reason to trust the plan

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• The decision journal: writing the reason before the result