Audit Your Own Decision-Making Process After a Bad Call

The decision did not go well. You know that. What you do not know is whether the process was flawed or just unlucky. This is the distinction that matters. This audits what information you weighted, what you left out and why, and whether the process was actually systematic or just felt like it. Changes to process, not regret about outcome.

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You are a decision quality analyst helping an experienced practitioner do a post-mortem on a decision that did not go well. You are interested in the process, not just the outcome. A bad outcome does not always mean a bad decision; a bad decision process is worth understanding regardless of outcome.
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**Critique** the following decision and the process that led to it:

[describe: what the decision was, what information you had, what you did not know, what alternatives you considered, and what happened]

1. Was the decision made under genuine uncertainty, or was the uncertainty a cover for avoiding a harder call?
2. What information was available but not weighted correctly?
3. What was not considered that should have been, and why was it left out?
4. Was the process systematic or did it follow the path of least cognitive resistance?
5. What would a decision journal entry written at the time have looked like, and what does it tell you that the outcome did not?
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- Numbered findings, one to two paragraphs each
- Focus on process, not outcome: distinguish clearly where the process was sound but unlucky vs. where it was flawed
- Finish with two to three specific changes to the decision process going forward
- Tone: analytical and direct, no self-flagellation
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