Who should do red flags and sfeguards thinking?
Anyone involved in a decision making can benefit from red flags and safeguards thinking – click here for more ideas on this. As to the specific issue of your boss – yes, we often find a similar issue when we talk to decision makers and those involved in supporting the decision process. Someone finds our work helpful but doubts that the decision makers will engage with it! What can you do? One idea is to focus on improving your ability to contribute to decisions. Use the framework to recommend changes to the decision process. Use it to spot the likely distortions in the decision and consider whether you can challenge them in a way that helps the decision and your career. Ask someone to use the framework to help you see your own potential distortions. A more ambitious approach is to see if you can find a way to help your boss. Perhaps one of our articles will help? If the issue is that your boss believes that others can be wrong, perhaps you can still have a discussion about how to impro
