This is a card for my poor memory about practical ways to make decisions.
The Eisenhower Decision Matrix
The classic:
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Making decisions as in Amazon
This is not an official way to make decisions in Amazon, but I found it in “Working Backwards” book and I find it useful.
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Mindset to adopt depending on the nature of the decision and its impact
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Cynefin
To classify the nature of the problem you have is very useful to define the approach to solve it and make decisions on it.
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