Decision-Making

“On a scale from 1- 10, how close to the feeling of Infinity Are You?" Reflections on the Unmeasurable and How to Make Sense of It At a book presentation at the Hay-on-Wye Festival last year, biologist and fungi researcher Merlin Sheldrake shared a story: "I felt I had to study different kinds of hallucinogenic mushrooms, so I participated in a clinical study where I was administered LSD under close medical supervision. Throughout the experience I was approached every half h

With the number of decisions that we make every day, it is astonishing that the process of making decisions is not well understood. So, how do we make the best choice? The very act of deciding seems a bit like the piece of soap in the bathtub: the more you want to get a grip on it, the more it slips away. Much is talked today about VUCA conditions, and decision-making in complex adaptive spaces with highly uncertain outcomes, volatile ingredients and complex relationships is