Alliance for Decision Education

Super excited to hear Annie talk about decision-making on Mount Everest and our podcast guest, Ken Kamler. To hear Ken’s story and our episode with Annie and Ken visit: https://alliancefordecisioneducation.org//episode-013-ever #TheDecisionEducationPodcast #DecisionEducation

Great tips on how to form habits from our own Katy Milkman, Alliance Advisory Council member. In this episode of Big Brains, she talks about how adding fun, using the fresh start effect, and being flexible can help form new habits. The University of Chicago https://news.uchicago.edu/big-brains-podcast-science-behind

Looking to join an impactful and quickly-growing movement that will shape the future of education? Join the Alliance’s Education Department as an Education Manager to advance the #DecisionEducation movement. Share this with any great candidates you know. https://alliancefordecisioneducation.bamboohr.com//view.ph

The 2nd longest running Jeopardy contestant used a Moneyball and betting approach to win 33 games in a row. He bets aggressively early and cautiously later on to increase his odds of winning each day, rather than maximizing his dollar total. #DecisionEducation Learn more in this newsletter from The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com//dixie-fire-battle-climate-change.

A survey of NFL analytics staffers listed the Browns as the most analytically advanced team. We are proud to have Andrew Berry, GM of the Browns, on our Board and as a guest on our podcast. #TheDecisionEducationPodcast https://alliancefordecisioneducation.org//episode-010-trad... https://www.espn.com//2021-nfl-analytics-survey-most-least

Does the way we frame questions matter? This piece from The Decision Lab explores how asking questions in different or opposite ways can elicit different answers, information gathered, or even steer a conversation in a specific and harmful direction. #DecisionEducation https://thedecisionlab.com//why-theres-no-such-thing-as-j/

Which behavioral biases affect financial bubbles? NPR's Planet Money explores 4 key biases that play into financial bubbles: excessive optimism herd behavior FOMO confirmation bias... https://www.npr.org//planet-money-summer-school-5-bubbles- See more

"If you could hop on the elevator with your younger self going into your first day on the job, what would you say?" Shane Parrish Farnam Street #DecisionEducation https://fs.blog/2013/08/michael-mauboussin-interview-no-4/

This #WorldTeachersDay we also want to highlight our team members who have taught students. We are grateful to have them help us advance the #DecisionEducation movement. #WorldTeacherDay

Thank you to all teachers shaping the future by teaching their students how to make better decisions. A special thanks to our Fellows, including Cassandra, who are helping us ensure that #DecisionEducation will be part of every student’s learning experience. #WorldTeacherDay #WorldTeachersDay

"You have to be open to change. Sometimes you don't know what something is going to look like before you start it. If you already know, then it's probably not something you should be doing because there's no discovery, there's no exploration." Maria Konnikova The Decision Education Podcast episode with Maria Konnikova and Annie Duke. #TheDecisionEducationPodcast #DecisionEducation https://alliancefordecisioneducation.org//episode-009-cour

Thrilled to see The Decision Education Podcast episode with Ken Kamler and Annie Duke featured in Michael Lombardi and George Raveling's The Daily Coach newsletter. They discuss reflected glory and the question Ken uses to decide whether he should take a risk. #DecisionEducation #TheDecisionEducationPodcast https://thedailycoach.substack.com/p/mount-everest-and-refl

"In terms of roles, we want our coaches to coach, our scouts to scout, and our nerds to do nerd things, independently of each other so that there isn’t some inf...iltration of biases from each. Now, the key, and the hardest part, right, is engineering that ecosystem where we can come together, collaborate to compete." -- Les Snead of Los Angeles Rams in the latest #TheDecisionEducationPodcast from Alliance for Decision Education See more

Our comforting conviction that the world makes sense rests on a secure foundation: our almost unlimited ability to ignore our ignorance. Daniel Kahneman, Alliance Advisory Council Member Source: Thinking, Fast and Slow

This hilarious video sarcastically highlights the need to consider your future self when making decisions. It’s a skill that takes practice, but is incredibly important and would be great to learn early in life!

The Decision Education Foundation is hosting a free virtual event on #DecisionEducation on Saturday, November 7th at 1pm EST. Learn how Decision Education makes a difference in the lives of students, educators, counselors, administrators, and parents. Register now! https://www.decisioneducation.org/nov-7-2020-event

We are so grateful to have had Lee Failing, Decision Scientist and Facilitator of Compass Resource Management, talk to our 2020 #DecisionEducation Fellows! Watch Lee discuss decision skills that can help students in and outside of the classroom. https://alliancefordecisioneducation.org//lee-failing-rema

When you conduct a premortem, you imagine a future in which you have failed to achieve a goal or a decision has worked out poorly, and look back from that future to identify why that failure occurred. Annie Duke #DecisionTipTuesday https://www.businessinsider.com/why-negative-thinking-can-h

#Teachers and #Parents! Are you looking for a free, online program to help your students with building habits and making decisions? Check out our Habitwise program for middle and high school students! This is a great resource for #distancelearning. #SEL #socialemotionallearning #distancelearning #remotelearning #virtuallearning #habits #healtheducation #edchat https://alliancefordecisioneducation.org//progra/habitwise

The Eisenhower Matrix is a great tool to help decide how to prioritize your tasks. We use it at the Alliance and many of us wish we were introduced to this tool earlier in life! #DecisionEducation Farnam Street https://fs.blog/2013/04/eisenhower-matrix/

We are excited to welcome 3 new members to our team: Ariella Suchow, Caroline Rogers, and Charles Cassidy! We are grateful to have them help us ensure #DecisionEducation is a part of every middle and high school student's learning experience. https://alliancefordecisioneducation.org//about-the-allian

When we wrote this blog a year ago, little did we know it would become especially helpful this year with #distancelearning! Share these great videos on media literacy, critical thinking, and decision making with your students or kids! #DecisionEducation Featuring videos by CrashCourse, TED-Ed, and GCFLearnFree.org. https://alliancefordecisioneducation.org//5-youtube-videos

The "vanishing options" test can help you generate alternatives when making a decision. Learn about this tactic & a few others in this article that highlights the work of bestselling authors, Dan and Chip Heath. Share it with your kids! #DecisionTipTuesday Heath Brothers https://www.inc.com//4-tactics-to-make-better-decisions.ht

#Teachers and #parents are you looking for #distancelearning resources? Check out the Bad News Game! It can help your kids learn how to recognize and resist disinformation. There are 2 versions: a game for ages 15+ and another for ages 8-11! @getbadnews https://www.getbadnews.com/#intro

This neat tool can help your kids learn how to talk about probability. So, how likely is it that you'll find this tool helpful? We think that "it's a slam dunk." https://qz.com//heres-a-handy-tool-to-help-you-talk-about/

Throwback to our feature in this ESPN article, written by our Director of Operations, Ramin Mohajer, on decision making in fantasy football! This article explains how to spot and avoid confirmation bias when deciding who to play for the week. #DecisionEducation https://www.espn.in//the-mistake-almost-everyone-makes-fan

Exciting news! Kaleidoscope is offering an online Decision Making immersion course for high school students starting on October 12th. We love seeing the #DecisionEducation movement grow! Learn more at https://kaleidoscope.education/decisionmaking

Looking for a way to combat confirmation bias? One antidote is to seek out disconfirming beliefs. #DecisionTipTuesday #DecisionEducation