The Art of Critical Decision Making

2 Day Engagement 9 am 6 pm Lunch 1 2 pm

Program Module Day 1 One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten Eleven Twelve Thirteen Fourteen Fifteen Sixteen Seventeen Eighteen Nineteen Twenty Twenty-One Twenty-Two Twenty-Three Twenty-Four Topic Making High-Stakes Decisions Cognitive Biases Avoiding Decision-Making Traps FramingRisk or Opportunity? IntuitionRecognizing Patterns Reasoning by Analogy Making Sense of Ambiguous Situations The Wisdom of Crowds? GroupthinkThinking or Conforming? Deciding How to Decide Stimulating Conflict and Debate Keeping Conflict Constructive Creativity and Brainstorming The Curious Inability to Decide Procedural Justice Achieving Closure through Small Wins Normal Accident Theory Normalizing Deviance Allisons ModelThree Lenses Practical Drift Ambiguous Threats and the Recovery Window Connecting the Dots Seeking Out Problems Asking the Right Questions Duration 30 minutes 30 minutes 30 minutes 30 minutes 30 minutes 30 minutes 30 minutes 30 minutes 30 minutes 30 minutes 30 minutes 30 minutes 30 minutes 30 minutes 30 minutes 30 minutes 30 minutes 30 minutes 30 minutes 30 minutes 30 minutes 30 minutes 30 minutes 30 minutes

Day 2

Optional Modules presented at the start of the program:

1. Introduction to Logic 2. Introduction to Statistical Analysis for Managers

Pricing listed below

Program Outline A unique program that uses two speakers to deliver content in a synergistic manner, while keeping the participants entertained and focused on the subject matter. The Art of Critical Decision Making is a case study driven approach to learning decision making skills, and is a must for Middle and Upper Tier Management. Whether simple or complex, private or public, decisions are an essential part of your life. But making a good decision and avoiding a horrible one is not a chance act. It's a skill and one that can be learned, honed, and perfected. When you understand the necessary components of a smart decision, you can examine mistakes you might have made in the past and sidestep potential mistakes in the future. And when you know the underlying psychological, social, and emotional components that influence decision making whether they are your own decisions or the decisions of others you can make sounder choices that produce better results. The Art of Critical Decision Making, explores how individuals, groups, and organizations make effective decisions and offers you tips and techniques to enhance the effectiveness of your own decision making. The Key to Effective Decision Making Bad decisions are usually made because of a poorly thought-out decision-making process. If decision makers put more emphasis on how to make a decision, ensure that they remove personal biases, collect information beforehand, glean the diverse perspectives of others, and perform a number of other constructive activities, they can vastly improve the strength and success of the process. The Three Levels of Decision Making The individual level: Studying how individuals make decisions reveals a wealth of insights into how and why they make particular choices. The group level: Because you don't always make choices on your own, it's important to understand decision making at the level of a group or a team. The organizational level: Studying decision making on the organizational level requires you to grasp how the structure, systems, and culture of a particular organization shape the behavior of its individual teams and members. Learn to Make Smarter Decisions Whether you're the head of a Fortune 500 company, a government agency, or an everyday household, you constantly make decisions important to you and those immediately around you. The Art of Critical Decision Making offers you a toolbox of practical knowledge and skills that you can apply to various decisions whether large or small in your everyday life and work.

Most important, by the end of The Art of Critical Decision Making training, you'll become a better critical thinker. You'll possess a stronger ability to learn from your mistakes, be able to approach and weigh individual choices more effectively, and make smarter decisions.

Pricing Rs. 15,000 per participant. Minimum 15 individuals. Participation confirmed on receipt of payment. Optional Modules Rs. 1000 per module per participant. No refunds allowed

Takeaways

1. Books on Critical Thinking 2. Videos 3. Lecture Notes 4. Certificate of Participation 5. Gift Certificates

Speakers Profile Nasser Khan Ghazi InfoVision (Pvt) Ltd SmartCity Developments (Pvt) Ltd 504, Continental Trade Center, Block-8, Clifton, Karachi E-mail : nasserg@gmail.com Tel : +92.323.223.3097 Nasser Khan Ghazi is the founder and CEO of InfoVision (Pvt) Ltd and SmartCity Developments (Pvt) Ltd. Prior to this, Nasser was CEO & Executive Director of Multinet Pakistan (Private) Limited, a company that he founded in 1996 and subsequent became a subsidiary of Axiata, a Telecom Malaysia company. As CEO of Multinet, Nasser was instrumental in the companys joint venture with Telekom Malaysia and raised US 85m for the construction of a nation-wide 4,500 Km fiber backbone in Pakistan. Prior to this, Nasser spent seven years at Microsoft. From 2002 until 2005, he was Microsofts Director, MEA (Middle East and Africa) and was responsible for the Developer and Platforms Group for Microsoft for the MEA region with responsibility for the .NET Platform for 79 countries. He was also responsible for the Trustworthy Computing initiative for the region. He joined Microsoft in 1998 and has been a Premier Enterprise Services Manager, a Development Lead for Windows Update and was also a Senior Standards and IPR Strategist in the office of the CTO. In the Regional Director role, Nasser was actively engaged with the leadership of many regional Governments on leveraging ICT as a key engine of economic growth. Prior to joining Microsoft, Nasser founded a company which established the first commercial ISP in South Asia in 1995. Prior to that, he was with Western Geophysical (one of the worlds largest oil exploration companies, now a part of Schlumberger) for four and a half years - and helped build the state-of-the-art Omega Seismic Processing System. Nasser has an MS in Computer Science from Virginia Tech, USA (1988) and a B.E. in Computer Engineering & Science from Anna University, Chennai, India (1986). He also holds a Diplme Superieure in French Language and Literature from the Alliance Franaise de Madras (1986). Raza Usman InfoVision (Pvt) Ltd SmartCity Developments (Pvt) Ltd 504, Continental Trade Center, Block-8, Clifton, Karachi E-mail : raza.usman@gmail.com Tel : +92.300.8294693 Upon graduation Raza joined Dr. AQ Khan Research Laboratories and worked on the control systems for the next generation Green Arrow ATGM, and the Ghauri ballistic missile. He was then made Engineer Incharge of the optical factory that indigenously developed the optical tracking systems for TOW weapon systems. While at the

Optical factory he also introduced High Vacuum coating for the first time in Pakistan. He also worked on the cold extrusion process for specialized steel cylinders. Raza has worked in the IT industry for 12 years and was an integral part of major leadership initiatives in the WPP group of 72 companies in the IT domain. His expertise is in IT infrastructure and virtualization and he designed global infrastructure systems for GroupM. He was a regular speaker at infrastructure conferences for GroupM and the WPP group of companies. Raza has extensive experience in teaching Mathematics and Statistics based on the US college board curriculum, and uses these as part of his decision making process. He is currently consulting on IT projects and working on e-learning initiatives for providing education access to all. Mr. Raza Usman holds a Bachelors in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University, USA (1993) and is PMP certified from PMI.