Half-day 1: how your brain decides
Emotional and rational decision-making, how perception works, dealing with an overload of information and dealing with doubt, inner conflicts and dilemmas.
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Better and faster decision-making
You hesitate with important decisions: time pressure, too much information and the fear of making the wrong choice slow you down. In this in-company training of three half-days you learn how your brain decides, which techniques help you decide faster and better, and how you decide in a team. For 6 to 12 participants.
Do you recognise this?
Thursday afternoon you have to choose between two suppliers. You have comparisons, advice and a deadline for tomorrow. You open the file for the third time and you are no closer to an answer than yesterday.
Meanwhile your team is waiting for a signal. You notice that you are postponing a decision instead of making one, and that gnaws at you: you do not want to make a mistake, but doubting also costs something.
Making the right decision at the right time can feel like navigating a maze blindfolded. Perhaps you recognise this:
- deadlines are approaching, the options are on the table and yet the paralysis begins;
- you weigh the pros and cons, but clarity seems just out of reach;
- time pressure, an overload of information or fear of the wrong choice slow you down;
- indecision affects your team and your projects.
Hesitation and uncertainty cost time and money, and they can put your team's trust in you under pressure.
Why does deciding remain so difficult?
The more information you have, the more options you see and the greater the chance that you keep weighing things up. Under time pressure your head also starts working differently, and not always to your advantage.
This way you remain stuck at the crossroads of multiple choices. Projects are delayed, opportunities slip past you, and your team's trust in your direction can falter.
It does not have to stay this way. Deciding is not an innate talent, it is a way of thinking that you can learn.
How do you decide faster and better?
You can learn how your brain decides, which techniques help to choose clearly, and how a team comes to a decision together. That is not a matter of more courage, but of more insight.
Our coaches know the paralysis right before an important choice. In three half-days you work on how your brain decides, on techniques to choose faster and better, and on deciding in teams, practically and hands-on.
This way you learn to recognise your own patterns and turn decisions into actionable steps.
What you can do after the training
After the training you can:
- understand how and why we make decisions, and recognise your own decision-making patterns and biases;
- assess situations quickly, apply systems thinking to complex problems and use scenario planning;
- question assumptions, analyse information critically and decide based on sound arguments;
- facilitate inclusive discussions, deal with different opinions and lead your team to consensus or compromise;
- communicate decisions and turn them into actionable steps with minimal delay.
This is how we approach it
The training consists of three half-days and is practical and hands-on.
Half-day 2: techniques to decide faster and better
From overview to insight to outlook, from reductive thinking to systems thinking, constructive critical thinking and thinking in scenarios to go quickly and effectively from vision to realisation.
Half-day 3: how to decide in teams
Recognising decision-making processes in a team, dealing with dominance, letting people participate optimally, creating space for divergence and convergence and going from diverse interests to common conclusions.
Afterwards you keep practising
Every training is extended in the THOC Leerruimte. Your material remains available and you get an AI Coach who knows the lesson.
We work experientially: you constantly work with the theory in practical exercises where you apply your skills to real situations.
Who gives this training
Our coaches can give this training. Tell us what your team needs, and we will propose a programme together.
Frequently asked questions
For managers, project managers and entrepreneurs who have to make crucial decisions amidst complexity and uncertainty and who have sometimes hesitated at the crossroads of multiple choices.
The training consists of three half-days: how your brain decides, techniques to decide faster and better and deciding in teams. We work with six to twelve participants per group.
In Dutch or English. Tell us which language your team prefers when you request a programme.
Every training is tailored, so we work with a quote after we have heard your request. Request a quote via contact.
View Critical thinking, Systems thinking or Strategic thinking.
Practical details
- Formula: In-company training
- Languages: Dutch, English
- Half-days: 3
- Participants: 6 to 12