Why do smart people sometimes think they are right when they are very, very wrong? Our brains are designed to make quick decisions, and sometimes we miss out on what’s really going on. Knowing this, Professor Sydney Finkelstein walks you through the neuroscience behind decision-making, and teaches you to make conscious decisions that are right for you at work and in life. By teaching you to reflect and move forward even better than before, Professor Finkelstein will help you to be the best you possibly can at whatever you do.
This course is part of the Strategic Leadership: Impact, Change, and Decision-Making Specialization
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About this Course
Participants should have a desire to improve their decision-making skills and a willingness to approach challenges with an open mind.
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Try Coursera for BusinessWhat you will learn
How our brains work and how we make decisions
What experience means for decision-making
How to identify our emotional biases and overcome them
How to put it all together to make better decisions
Skills you will gain
- Decision-Making
- Management
- Strategic Leadership
- Learning How To Learn
- Leadership Development
Participants should have a desire to improve their decision-making skills and a willingness to approach challenges with an open mind.
Could your company benefit from training employees on in-demand skills?
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
The Emotional Brain, Bias, and Decision-Making
Experience and Expertise
Emotional Tags in Action
Putting It All Together: How to be the Great Decision-Maker You Want to Be
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TOP REVIEWS FROM DECISION-MAKING: BLENDING ART & SCIENCE
One of the best courses I have learnt on coursera Platform
Really excellent -- great delivery, lots of good reading material, interesting subjects, and pure application to your own life.
I loved the way how the teacher give the lessons. It's a very complete basic course, the applications exercises are very detailed with every information that you need
Very good course with real world case studies to understand and analyze the decision making in real world scenarios.
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