Decision Intelligence
1h 25mIntermediate2023-09-05
Authors

Cassie Kozyrkov
Course details
In a world driven at every level by data, what does it mean to be in—or aspire to—a position of leadership? What are the core principles you need to learn and understand at the deepest level? In this course, Google's Chief Decision Scientist Cassie Kozyrkov—one of the most high-profile data-culture evangelists in the world—lays out 18 clear and concise lessons that every business and organizational leader needs to make their team and their org thrive in a data-driven world. Learn principles for the leader's role in data, decision making in and with data, and the role of delegation and trust in data-driven decision making. Cassie also explains the four aspects of AI and machine learning and how this can affect your business. Plus, discover how to build a healthy data culture and learn some best practices—the importance of doing data work in the right order, the value of testing, harnessing the power of large data sets, and more.
Skills covered
Decision-MakingBusiness AnalyticsData ScienceProfessional DevelopmentLeadership and Management
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - The steering wheel for your life
- 02 - A map of decision-making
1. The Decision-Maker in Isolation
- 03 - The most important lesson in decision-making
- 04 - The dangers of outcome bias
- 05 - Why are some decisions so difficult
- 06 - How to set goals
- 07 - Intuition and the value of clairvoyance
- 08 - The hackable human
- 09 - Decisiveness
- 10 - Objective decision-making
2. Decision Intelligence
- 11 - Upgrade 1 - Using data and technology
- 12 - Upgrade 2 - Better questions
- 13 - Upgrade 3 - Data-driven decisions
- 14 - Upgrade 4 - Better answers
- 15 - Upgrade 5 - Decision automation
3. Data-Driven Leadership
- 16 - Group decisions
- 17 - The career-making question
- 18 - Building a data-driven culture
- 19 - Barriers to organizational decision-making
- 20 - Delivering value in a large organization
Conclusion
- 21 - Are you a good decision-maker
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