# Decision Making

## Decision Making Habits

* Always aim for win-win. Cultivate energy and creativity, navigate conflict with sensitivity. No-deal is the absolute last resort.
* Always start with dialogue – build mutual understanding.
* Run experiments, then decide based on the what we learn.
* Learn from the market and our customers and adjust the Novavi way of business every 3 months or faster.
* Sleep over big decisions.
* Cultivate emotional awareness.

### Tools

* [Ladder of Inference](https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTMC_91.htm)
* [Six Thinking Hats](https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTED_07.htm)
* [The Diamond of Participatory Decision-Making](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LiTwrZ2VZg)
* [Polarity Management](https://www.polaritypartnerships.com/the-polarity-approach#polarity-approach-to-continuity-and-transformation)
* [Liberating Structures](https://smile.amazon.com/Surprising-Power-Liberating-Structures-Innovation-ebook/dp/B00JET2S76/)