Que faites-vous si vos décisions stratégiques sont entravées par un raisonnement illogique ?

Encourage healthy debate within your team. Challenge assumptions, ask probing questions, and consider alternative perspectives to identify potential flaws in the reasoning.

Think of biases as mental shortcuts that can be helpful, but also lead you down the wrong path. The key is to acknowledge them. Are you falling prey to confirmation bias, only seeking information that confirms your existing ideas? Once identified, you can consciously seek diverse viewpoints and data to ensure your strategic decisions are based on logic, not mental shortcuts.

Truly knowing yourself, your patterns, triggers and biases is the first step in overcoming illogical reasoning. What are common biases, emotional responses and tensions you have? In the past, what type of behaviour did you display during the decision-making process? Being radically honest with yourself is the first step in recognizing biases.

Recognizing bias is crucial when strategic decisions face illogical hurdles. Whether it's cognitive bias or systemic inequities, acknowledging and addressing biases ensures a more rational decision-making process. By fostering an environment of diversity, inclusion, and critical thinking, organizations can mitigate the impact of biased reasoning and drive more effective strategies.

In my experience, illogical reasoning can feel like being stuck in a maze. You keep circling the same paths, unable to find the exit. That's when seeking an outside perspective becomes crucial. Talk to trusted colleagues, friends, or mentors. They act like helpful guides in this maze. Their different viewpoints can expose hidden corners you missed and challenge your current assumptions. Remember, you're not handing them the map – you're incorporating their insights to build a more comprehensive and logical path forward for your strategic decisions.

It is easy to see things only from your point of view. The perspective from a few outsiders can help you see different points of view. Be careful not to only rely on one person, as each person also has their own biases.

For effective strategic decisions, prioritize objectivity. Analyze the situation like a detective – gather facts, not emotions. Weigh pros, cons, and potential outcomes based on evidence, not assumptions. This avoids the pitfalls of illogical reasoning, as seen when companies rush product launches to keep pace with competitors, neglecting crucial market research or internal readiness. By prioritizing logic, you make sound strategic decisions.

While it is not always easy, try to analyze the situation objectively. What are the actual facts, figures & numbers? What kind of data can you find to support your decisions? What supports each decision?

Insecurity, uncertainty and destabilisation are symptoms. You are probably dealing with a manipulative, toxic person who wants to profit from this. Realising that "What Peter says about Paul says more about Peter than about Paul" can be a first aid in such moments. It is necessary to rest, distance yourself and come round. We can only be unsettled by what we don't have on our radar. Becoming aware, recognising and clearly seeing through also disarms such triggers.

If you keep doing what you always did, you will have the same outcome you always had. In order to go on a new path, or find improved ways, it is often necessary to try new, perhaps more uncertain things. In your decision making, make sure you factor in this uncertainty. Thoroughly researching your options and planning different scenarios can minimize uncertainty.

Reflection is a powerful tool in your professional and personal life. Whenever making decisions, it is good to reflect on how the decision was made, what impact the decision had, and if you are still going on the right path. It helps to set the tone for future decisions and allows for you to learn.

Changing habits not only takes time, but above all intensity and persistence. We can also consciously reprogramme the unconscious in us continuously at short intervals. Recognition is the first step towards improvement. If you find the true cause, you can also experience something like spontaneous healing, i.e. the previous habit is obsolete and the new option as a higher energy overrides the old one on its own. This plays a particularly important role in obsessions and addictions.

Illogical thinking is judgmental and indicates ego dominance. Irrational thinking or over-rationalization signals emotionally overwhelming situations and attempts to cope with them. Typically, it's a sign of a flashback. In cases of retraumatization, trauma, and intense emotional distress, the rational mind is initially blocked and then becomes overactive. Arousal and exhaustion form a loop. Flashbacks transport us into a timeless realm of the psyche, feeling as helpless, hopeless, and exposed to danger as in the past. Anxiety leads to "mental" worries, numbness, paralysis, and feelings of being "locked out / separated / alienated / divided" etc. Feel yourself and your body as a safe ally, an unbeatable and invincible unit.

Whoever is involved in the decision-making, ask them to write down their principles and their assumptions when approaching that particular decision. 1. Principles: What is their conviction about what leads to what, in general, even if the situation was a slightly different one? 2. Assumptions: What do they assume about reality when making the decision? This can include both physical laws that may need no further proof and personal opinions/assumptions. Adding this structure can be of tremendous help for a better, more fruitful discussion.