In his recent post “To accept or to decline: mapping life’s little dilemmas using IBIS“, Kailash Awati provides a nice case study of using mapping to make a significant personal decision. Interestingly, the “little dilemma” in the case study is just the same kind of issue that was facing Joseph Priestley when he wrote to Benjamin Franklin [...]
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How to think about a job offer
Posted in Decision Making, Decision mapping, Deliberation, Moral algebra on August 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Draft Introduction to Decision Mapping Book
Posted in Decision Making, Decision mapping, Decision Mapping Book, Deliberation, Moral algebra on October 22, 2009 | 7 Comments »
I’m currently working on a book on decision mapping (and more generally, deliberative decision making), tentatively called Draw the Right Conclusion!. I’ll be periodically releasing draft chapters. First cab off the rank is the Introduction. Comments and suggestions most welcome. Here are the opening paragraphs: In late 1772 Joseph Priestley was wrestling with a [...]
Franklin’s “moral algebra” and Decision Mapping
Posted in Decision Making, Decision mapping, Moral algebra on February 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Decision mapping can be seen as an elaboration of Benjamin Franklin’s famous, simple yet powerful “moral algebra” for making decisions. This short article in eWeek picks up on this idea and gives a brief overview of decision mapping.
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