Decision guide
Work & project decisions
Use these evidence-reviewed lenses when a team is choosing a direction, interpreting results, deciding whether to continue, or turning metrics into action.
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Start with the decision, not the bias name.
You do not need to know a psychology term first. Choose the situation you are facing, then use a small set of evidence-reviewed questions to test the decision.
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Projects & work decisions
Estimate work, review results and decide whether a project should continue, change or stop.
Decision guide
Project estimation & delivery
Use these evidence-reviewed lenses when setting a deadline, estimating effort, discussing delivery risk, or learning from a project that finished later than expected.
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Continue, change, or stop a project
Use these evidence-reviewed lenses when a project has disappointing results and the next decision is whether to invest more, change direction, or stop.
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Metrics, KPIs & evaluation
Check whether a score still represents the real objective, whether the evaluation is becoming the target, and what evidence could show the proxy is failing.
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Reviewing KPIs & proxy metrics
Use these evidence-reviewed lenses when a team is using scores, dashboards, targets, benchmarks, or AI evaluations to represent a broader objective.
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Memory & change over time
Separate personal memory, emotional change and measurable historical trends when the past seems better than the present.
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Was the past really better?
Use these evidence-reviewed lenses when a personal memory or broad story about decline is being used to compare the present with an earlier period.
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Claims, forecasts & uncertainty
Check information, estimate uncertain outcomes and keep vivid or repeated examples from replacing broader evidence.
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Forecasting & future choices
Use these evidence-reviewed lenses when estimating uncertainty, imagining future feelings or preferences, or reviewing forecasts after the outcome is known.
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Checking claims & misinformation
Use these evidence-reviewed lenses when deciding whether a repeated claim is trustworthy, checking a correction, or testing an explanation against plausible alternatives.
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AI-assisted decisions
Use AI recommendations without confusing fluency, repetition or a suggested number with independent evidence.
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AI-assisted decisions
Use these evidence-reviewed lenses when a chatbot, model, recommendation system, or automated decision aid is influencing what you believe or do.
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Interfaces, pricing & choice design
Review how risk wording, defaults, starting values and option sets can change what looks attractive.
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Presenting risk & options
Use these evidence-reviewed lenses when a report, interface, model, or recommendation is presenting numbers and choices that other people will use to decide.
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Defaults, settings & choice architecture
Use these evidence-reviewed lenses when a form, product, policy or system decides what happens if a person does nothing, or when an existing setting is difficult to reconsider.
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Comparing plans & pricing
Use these evidence-reviewed lenses when comparing subscription tiers, product plans, vendor offers or recommendation menus where the way options are arranged may change what looks attractive.
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