A book review on the book of John Adair,titled Effective decision making presented by Dr. Helal Uddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi doctor works in psychiatry, BSMMU, Bangladesh.

1. Welcome

5. Some works of John Adair

7. Contents What is Decision Making Know your mind Steps to making Decision Three Families of ability Introduction Imaginative thinking Concept Integrity & valuing Thinking Summary Creativity Arguing Barriers to effective decision Options Using your depth mind Effective decision Intuition

14. Five points plan for decision making Define Objectives Collect information Develop options Evaluate and decide Implement 1 3 2 1 4 5

16. Objective

18. Information

20. Options

22. Evaluate and decide

24. Implement

25. A decision making model Sense Effects Define Objectives Collect Information Monitor Consequences Implement Evaluate & Decide Develop Options Sensing effects means having the awareness which picks up the signs and symptoms of existing problem.

28. 3 families of abilities Families of abilities The Analyzers The Valuers The Synthesizers The mind has several different ways of working and they can be called families of abilities

40. Ex: Good continuation C A B D

42. Ex: Simplicity

43. Ex: Simplicity

44. Ex: Simplicity

45. Ex: Simplicity

46. Ex: Simplicity

47. Ex: Simplicity

48. Ex: Simplicity

49. Ex: Simplicity The law of Prägnanz

50. Ex: Closure

51. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

52. Ex: Closure Do you Identify the Person?

53. Mohondas Koram Chand Gandhi

54. Ex: Proximity The closer objects near each other tend to be grouped together (Ehrenstein, 2004) Left circles are grouped vertically and rights are horizontally .

55. Ex: Symmetry Most people see vertical column of circle and square

60. Development of Concepts Birds: Wings Feathers Fly Animal: Eats Breathes Crow: Wings Feathers Fly Black color Parrot: Wings Feathers Fly Green color Fish: Fin Gills Swims Hilsha: Fin Gills Swims Not Dangerous Piranha: Fin Gills Swims Dangerous

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72. Read it

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74. What do you understand by this picture

75. IT’s TIME TO TEASE YOUR BRAIN

76. Thinking Beyond Imagination You know that your looking at a real building right? The Crooked House was built in 2004 as an addition at a popular shopping center, and is a major tourist attraction in Sopot, Poland. what happenswhen someone sees this building for the first time in their life?

91. Using Your Depth Mind Unconscious mind Preconscious mind Conscious mind Subconscious mind

111. Barriers to Effective Decision Making “ Successful leaders have the courage to take action while others hesitate.” - John C. Maxwell

115. Summary Sharpening the thinking tools Know your mind Objective Collect information Develop Options Evaluate & Decide Implementation Five points plan for Decision making Analyzers Synthesizers Valuers Three Families of ability Cognitive process leading to the selection of a course of action among alternatives. What is Decision Making

116. Summary contd. Thinking without imagination Imagination without thinking Develop Imaginative thinking Imaginative thinking Artificial concept Integrating concept Concept Always assume that truth exists Discover the truth- rather to invent it. Integrity & valuing Thinking & emotions Analytical mind Holistic approach Gestalt laws Thinking

117. Summary contd. Need for creativity Creativity Arguing Wrong way to arguing Arguing Hasty, Narrow, Scattered, Fuzzy Barriers to effective decision Developing options Options Conscious mind Pre-conscious mind Unconscious mind Using your depth mind Effective decision is not perfect decision always Effective decision Trusting your intuition Emotion & intuition Pre-occupation is not intuition Intuition

118. The Train to Bangladesh 2020 BANGLADESH 1971 BANGLADESH 2009 The Decision Makers