Our decisions are how we learn about ourselves, other people, and the world.

My job for the past 40 years has been helping individuals and groups learn simple, flexible approaches that support them in making decisions. The methods are based in decades of solid science (yes, there is a discipline called the "decision sciences") and vary depending on the context, the people involved, and the information that's available. I'm passionate about how making decisions well can create opportunities in our lives and, in turn, contribute to a healthier society and planet.
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My job for the past 40 years has been helping individuals and groups learn simple, flexible approaches that support them in making decisions. The methods are based in decades of solid science (yes, there is a discipline called the "decision sciences") and vary depending on the context, the people involved, and the information that's available. I'm passionate about how making decisions well can create opportunities in our lives and, in turn, contribute to a healthier society and planet.

I use insights from the decision sciences to support the development of decision-making skills, assessment of social and cultural impacts, and sustainable management of the natural environment. My research and applied work emphasize the importance of dialogue and analysis as aids to collaborative approaches for helping individuals, groups, and organizations understand the consequences of actions characterized by multiple dimensions of value, uncertainty, and perspectives-based controversy.
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Decision-making
is a learnable skill.

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Decisions are doors that provide us with opportunities to express who we are and how best to achieve our objectives and goals.
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My approach to organizing decisions is built on, and borrows freely from, well-established practices and writing in psychology, economics, and the decision sciences. Above all, it reflects common sense and a belief that making good decisions is a skill that everyone can learn.
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There are no guarantees in the reality-based world of making decisions but a good decision-making process can help -- whether you are young or old, an individual or a corporation or government agency, and however you state your identity or ethnicity.

Robin and his colleagues help support individuals and groups to make decisions using a systematic, common-sense approach rather than relying on habit, emotions, or others. Why? Because decisions are opportunities and habit, emotions, or others' views are unlikely to result in choices reflective of who we are -- our values and curiosity -or support our own goals.

A new book

This collaboration between Robin and Brook presents a practical,  example-filled and science-based approach to how you can learn to support young people in making good decisions for themselves.
Cambridge University Press (2024)
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