Episode 9: Key Ingredients for Making Good Decisions – Especially When You’re in the Pressure Cooker
School business leaders continue to confront a full plate of difficult and time-sensitive decisions, begging the question, “How can we reflect on and improve our decision-making to better serve our students?”
In this episode, host Jason Willis welcomes WestEd Senior Research Associate Alex Jacobson to discuss how good decisions that lead to successful outcomes for students are, in part, contingent on the ways in which people make those decisions.
Listen to the discussion as they explore what’s known as System 1 and System 2 thinking, as well as how education leaders can apply some of what the research says will strengthen both individual and organizational decision-making approaches.
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Copyright: 2022Format: Podcast
Minutes: 27
Publisher: WestEd and the California Association of School Business Officials (CASBO)
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