“These are completely different.”
Michael Bialas
Sr. Product Manager @ U.S. Bank | Cybersecurity Program Management Expert
I recently had the opportunity to help a group work through some challenging decisions.??It was interesting to see that the participants had the same facts available to them but were drawing very different conclusions.??The options that seemed simple to the folks presenting them proved very challenging across the entire group.
I recalled an eye-opening book about the misinterpretation of “facts", Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think.??The authors present a series of fascinating stories illustrating how our need to filter the volume of data available to us can trigger our “DRAMATIC INSTINCTS”.?
The Gap Instinct, 1 of 10
The reality of a situation is often not as polarized as it may appear.??When you are seeing two separate groups (or choices) with a huge gap between them, it is more likely that you are seeing the edge cases.??
The majority of people (or options) are in the gap.??
You can manage this instinct by:
(Post 1 of 10, Information adapted from www.gapminder.org/factfulness/)
To read the book Factfulness, go to the library or order your own copy?here