The Strategic Decision Making
Process Overview

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Image 1: THE STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING PROCESS OVERVIEW: Strategic decision making is a complex process involving a subset of many complex skills. This is a brief overview. 1. Decision making 101: Understanding the science of decision-making Understanding the many factors that shape decision making including the role of the subconscious, emotions, socioeconomic factors, parents, the education system, conformity, cognitive biases , fallacies etc. What are good vs bad decisions? 2. Prerequisite skills in decision making: - De-constructing your programming,  Preparing your environment . Other subset skills: Emotional regulation skills, executive functioning, maths skills , preparing your environment, the art of resisting impulsive decisions& conformity, learning etc. 3. Philosophical framework: ontology, epistemology dialectical Materialism vs opposing worldviews 4. Problem Solving 101 & Diagnosis : What is a problem? Specify problem (essence, type, concrete conditions) I. dentify scale & magnitude (Context) ,Identify responsibility 5. Research & Critical Thinking: -Research process depends on concrete problem, Analyse and evaluate arguments Address research limitation like cognitive biases