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10.29.24 What problems could you solve if you thought they were solvable?
10.22.24 Remembering Philip Zimbardo
10.15.24 Do you have a mentor? Like for real?
10.08.24 You aren't the first to face this decision
10.01.24 On balance
09.24.24 Your cranky brain making decisions
09.17.24 Your brain, not so perfect
09.10.24 Hedge you bets
09.03.24 You CAN predict the future
08.27.24 Bronze winners are happier than silver winners, and why it matters
08.20.24 Decide to be a super follower
08.13.24 If I knew then...
08.06.24 Your decision, your values
07.30.24 PERMA Model: A is for Achievements
07.23.24 PERMA Model: M is for Meaning
07.16.24 PERMA Model: R is for Relationships
07.09.24 PERMA Model: E is for Engagement
07.02.24 PERMA Model: P is for Positive Emotions
06.25.24 Don't believe everything you think
06.18.24 What the theft of the Mona Lisa teaches us about how the brain works
06.11.24 Scholar / Practitioner
06.04.24 To screen or not to screen
05.28.24 Summer reading list
05.21.24 Declutter
05.14.24 Listen!
05.07.24 Think outside the box!
04.30.24 Halt!
04.23.24 Choice blindness
04.16.24 Hindsight is 20/20
04.09.24 Know the facts
04.02.24 Remembering Daniel Kahneman
03.26.24 *TRANSLATE* your numbers! (math month!!!)
03.19.24 Base rates! (math month!!!)
03.12.24 Mathematical decision-making models (math month!!!)
03.05.24 Don't fear data! (math month!!!)
02.27.24 Opportunity costs
02.20.24 Can you predict the unintended consequences?
02.13.24 What educators can learn from Tinder users
02.06.24 Special Edition: Mindfulness
01.30.24 How will you know if you've been successful?
01.23.24 Successful failures
01.16.24 Do good decisions require time?
01.09.24 Vanishing options test
01.04.23 The WHEN of decision making
12.26.23 The limitations of our personal experience
12.19.23 Gunpowder and the shape of the bullet
12.12.23 Do less
12.05.23 Don't be a genius
11.28.23 Education is a SOCIAL science
11.21.23 I'm thankful for you!
11.14.23 Pause
11.07.23 What can experience get you?
10.31.23 Making decisions got you spooked?
10.24.23 Communicating your decisions
10.17.23 Your priorities won't set themselves
10.10.23 Phone a friend
10.03.23 Really makes you wonder
09.26.23 Testing 123
09.19.23 How you spend your days
09.12.23 Simplicity
09.05.23 Be curious
08.29.23 Eureka!
08.22.23 The problem with "Trust your gut"
08.15.23 Being and appearing fair in your decisions
08.08.23 Is teaching your job, or your calling?
08.01.23 What kind of year will it be for you?
07.25.23 Introducing... the PRE-mortem
07.18.23 Is decision-making the same as problem-solving?
07.11.23 Justified
07.04.23 If everyone jumped off a bridge...
06.27.23 What would your successor do?
06.20.23 Probabilistic thinking
06.13.23 If you can name it, you can tame it
06.06.23 Don't read this if you're hungry
05.30.23 Summer reading list
05.23.23 Mindsets -> Strategies -> Effectiveness
05.16.23 What did you expect? Expectancy theory!
05.09.23 Weighted additive rule
05.02.23 The problems that we solve
04.25.23 Decision-making as a privilege
04.17.23 Beyond technical solutions
04.11.23 Resulting
04.04.23 Flip a coin!
03.28.23 Cooking ham and taking attendance
03.21.23 Who gets to decide?
03.14.23 Here and now
03.07.23 Fundamental attribution error
02.28.23 Feeling nice? It's about time
02.21.23 The single best piece of decision-making advice
02.14.23 What do you love
02.07.23 I'm so sorry
01.31.23 Change your mind
01.24.23 Finding super solutions
01.17.23 Upstream / downstream
01.10.23 3 quick activities to clarify your values
01.03.23 DON'T curse out your co-workers! Try this instead
12.27.22 What's your new year's resolution?
12.20.22 Are those witty teacher Facebook groups warping your mind?
12.13.22 Do you remember?
12.06.22 Tone down the vengeance
11.29.22 Take care of yourself!
11.22.22 THANKS for all you do!
11.15.22 Can the humble checklist reform your teaching?
11.07.22 Cognitive behavioral therapy
11.01.22 What are you obligated to do?
10.25.22 Blockin' out the haters
10.18.22 They TORE DOWN THE GOAL POST
10.11.22 You Dog You - What are decisions?
10.04.22 Stakeholders
09.27.22 Thanks for the feedback
09.20.22 Risky business
09.13.22 The SHOCKING lessons we can learn from Milgram
09.06.22 URGENT and IMPORTANT
08.29.22 Who are "decision makers?"
08.23.22 Analytical models and math
08.16.22 What the hell: Don't double down on bad decisions
08.09.22 What we can learn from Batgirl
08.02.22 Consider part of a whole: Sampling bias
07.26.22 Generating opetions: Sometimes less is more
07.19.22 Time is running out: Decisions on a deadline
07.12.22 Cynicism is not sexy
07.05.22 Too many cooks in the kitchen: The Ringlemann effect
06.27.22 Are you solving the RIGHT problem?
06.21.22 Do you lie? Ethical decision-making
06.14.22 Cookies beat radishes, and why you can't decide
06.07.22 Reflection is your superpower
05.31.22 Summer reading list
05.24.22 Can decision-making perfect your life?
05.17.22 Upcoming decision? Phone it in!
05.10.22 The pros and cons of the pro / con list
10.22.24 Remembering Philip Zimbardo
10.15.24 Do you have a mentor? Like for real?
10.08.24 You aren't the first to face this decision
10.01.24 On balance
09.24.24 Your cranky brain making decisions
09.17.24 Your brain, not so perfect
09.10.24 Hedge you bets
09.03.24 You CAN predict the future
08.27.24 Bronze winners are happier than silver winners, and why it matters
08.20.24 Decide to be a super follower
08.13.24 If I knew then...
08.06.24 Your decision, your values
07.30.24 PERMA Model: A is for Achievements
07.23.24 PERMA Model: M is for Meaning
07.16.24 PERMA Model: R is for Relationships
07.09.24 PERMA Model: E is for Engagement
07.02.24 PERMA Model: P is for Positive Emotions
06.25.24 Don't believe everything you think
06.18.24 What the theft of the Mona Lisa teaches us about how the brain works
06.11.24 Scholar / Practitioner
06.04.24 To screen or not to screen
05.28.24 Summer reading list
05.21.24 Declutter
05.14.24 Listen!
05.07.24 Think outside the box!
04.30.24 Halt!
04.23.24 Choice blindness
04.16.24 Hindsight is 20/20
04.09.24 Know the facts
04.02.24 Remembering Daniel Kahneman
03.26.24 *TRANSLATE* your numbers! (math month!!!)
03.19.24 Base rates! (math month!!!)
03.12.24 Mathematical decision-making models (math month!!!)
03.05.24 Don't fear data! (math month!!!)
02.27.24 Opportunity costs
02.20.24 Can you predict the unintended consequences?
02.13.24 What educators can learn from Tinder users
02.06.24 Special Edition: Mindfulness
01.30.24 How will you know if you've been successful?
01.23.24 Successful failures
01.16.24 Do good decisions require time?
01.09.24 Vanishing options test
01.04.23 The WHEN of decision making
12.26.23 The limitations of our personal experience
12.19.23 Gunpowder and the shape of the bullet
12.12.23 Do less
12.05.23 Don't be a genius
11.28.23 Education is a SOCIAL science
11.21.23 I'm thankful for you!
11.14.23 Pause
11.07.23 What can experience get you?
10.31.23 Making decisions got you spooked?
10.24.23 Communicating your decisions
10.17.23 Your priorities won't set themselves
10.10.23 Phone a friend
10.03.23 Really makes you wonder
09.26.23 Testing 123
09.19.23 How you spend your days
09.12.23 Simplicity
09.05.23 Be curious
08.29.23 Eureka!
08.22.23 The problem with "Trust your gut"
08.15.23 Being and appearing fair in your decisions
08.08.23 Is teaching your job, or your calling?
08.01.23 What kind of year will it be for you?
07.25.23 Introducing... the PRE-mortem
07.18.23 Is decision-making the same as problem-solving?
07.11.23 Justified
07.04.23 If everyone jumped off a bridge...
06.27.23 What would your successor do?
06.20.23 Probabilistic thinking
06.13.23 If you can name it, you can tame it
06.06.23 Don't read this if you're hungry
05.30.23 Summer reading list
05.23.23 Mindsets -> Strategies -> Effectiveness
05.16.23 What did you expect? Expectancy theory!
05.09.23 Weighted additive rule
05.02.23 The problems that we solve
04.25.23 Decision-making as a privilege
04.17.23 Beyond technical solutions
04.11.23 Resulting
04.04.23 Flip a coin!
03.28.23 Cooking ham and taking attendance
03.21.23 Who gets to decide?
03.14.23 Here and now
03.07.23 Fundamental attribution error
02.28.23 Feeling nice? It's about time
02.21.23 The single best piece of decision-making advice
02.14.23 What do you love
02.07.23 I'm so sorry
01.31.23 Change your mind
01.24.23 Finding super solutions
01.17.23 Upstream / downstream
01.10.23 3 quick activities to clarify your values
01.03.23 DON'T curse out your co-workers! Try this instead
12.27.22 What's your new year's resolution?
12.20.22 Are those witty teacher Facebook groups warping your mind?
12.13.22 Do you remember?
12.06.22 Tone down the vengeance
11.29.22 Take care of yourself!
11.22.22 THANKS for all you do!
11.15.22 Can the humble checklist reform your teaching?
11.07.22 Cognitive behavioral therapy
11.01.22 What are you obligated to do?
10.25.22 Blockin' out the haters
10.18.22 They TORE DOWN THE GOAL POST
10.11.22 You Dog You - What are decisions?
10.04.22 Stakeholders
09.27.22 Thanks for the feedback
09.20.22 Risky business
09.13.22 The SHOCKING lessons we can learn from Milgram
09.06.22 URGENT and IMPORTANT
08.29.22 Who are "decision makers?"
08.23.22 Analytical models and math
08.16.22 What the hell: Don't double down on bad decisions
08.09.22 What we can learn from Batgirl
08.02.22 Consider part of a whole: Sampling bias
07.26.22 Generating opetions: Sometimes less is more
07.19.22 Time is running out: Decisions on a deadline
07.12.22 Cynicism is not sexy
07.05.22 Too many cooks in the kitchen: The Ringlemann effect
06.27.22 Are you solving the RIGHT problem?
06.21.22 Do you lie? Ethical decision-making
06.14.22 Cookies beat radishes, and why you can't decide
06.07.22 Reflection is your superpower
05.31.22 Summer reading list
05.24.22 Can decision-making perfect your life?
05.17.22 Upcoming decision? Phone it in!
05.10.22 The pros and cons of the pro / con list