Making your best decision

You make several decisions every day, some without much conscious thought. But, every once in a while you're challenged to make a difficult decision... either in your work, or in life in general. So, how confident are you that you're making the best decision you can in those circumstances?

I've been working in and alongside a range of health and social care services since the mid-1980's, and I've been involved in a wide range of big decisions. The following link offers a training session on what I take into account when making those decisions myself, or supporting others to make their big decisions.

https://event.webinarjam.com/register/25/w0y8gaoo

Our narrow focus on risk assessment and risk management may be deflecting us away from what is THE core skill... confident and reasoned risk decision-making. I've published the books and manuals on the subject over many years, but now I'm creating that information in a more easily accessible digital format. What have you got to lose... apart from a short amount of your valuable time? Click on the following link to get instant access to a FREE training webinar outlining my 5 simple steps to making better decisions:

https://event.webinarjam.com/register/25/w0y8gaoo

This takes my original concept of positive risk-taking and puts it into practical use.

Why Positive Risk-Taking is so misunderstood

‘A horse walked into a bar…’ (you can make up the rest… my version is that the bartender asked “what’s with the long face?”) So, you think you know what Positive Risk-Taking is… well, get it from the horse’s mouth…

 

There is no ‘Positive Risk’ in Positive Risk-Taking! Yet I have long since lost count of the number of times I have heard the phrase, such as “I am taking a positive risk.” What does that even mean? 

As the person who initiated the concept back in 1994, I have always been very clear in communicating precisely what the phrase means. 

And why should this even matter? Well, if you are not clear in what you are communicating, the oft-repeated message in all of those incident inquiries that “… communication broke down” will inevitably continue to be the case. 

Ask 10 people what ‘Positive Risk’ means, and you might just get at least 11 different answers. For me, the positive is NOT about the risk; it IS about the outcomes. Why do we take a risk? Because we want to gain the benefit of the positive outcome of such an action.

Positive Risk-Taking is at the root of best practice in risk decision-making. It embodies a structured approach to clearly reasoned risk decisions.

To find out more about how good risk assessment practice informs the concept, and the role of mindset in making challenging risk decisions with confidence, check out my FREE training webinar by using the following link: 

https://positiverisktaking.lpages.co/risk-aversion-risk-taking-webinar

Consistency in the use and understanding of language across our organisations is essential for underpinning best practice.

Paris Conference (April 2019)

Congratulations to all who attended and contributed to the Paris Conference (11-12 April 2019) on Psychiatry, Psychology & Brain Studies.

A small but truly global event, as I had the opportunity to introduce contributions from Australia, Russia, Malaysia, India, Brazil, USA and UK. Thanks particularly go on Day 1 to Torie Robinson, Greg Robin and Paul Lang for their inspiring personal stories.

Also, thanks go to the Day 1 audience for their enthusiastic receiving of my keynote presentation on Good Practice in Risk Decision-Making incorporating the concept of Positive Risk-Takingthat I created back in 1994. Look out for forthcoming webinar presentations and access to a full Membership Site underpinning the concept of  Positive Risk-Taking through the intricacies of working with risk.

 

10th EuroSciCon Conference on Psychiatry, Psychology & Brain Studies ~ Paris (11-12 April 2019)

Many thanks to the organisers for the invite to be both a Keynote Speaker, focused on Risk Decision-Making and my personal concept of Positive Risk-Taking, and also session chair across most of Day 1.

Check out the following link for details of the conference content.

https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3Aaa79f52e-2f6d-46ef-9cdf-9841cd13f298 

5th International Conference on Mental Health and Human Resilience (Barcelona 7-8 March 2019)

The 5th International Conference on Mental Health and Human Resilienceis held in Barcelona. Use the following link to check out background information on the conference:

https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3A276d9684-0df8-44de-b758-141ae5830221

The following link provides the outline programme for the two-day conference. I present 'Implementing Positive Risk-Taking in Practice' as one of the keynotes on Day 2:

https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3Aadcbb3e5-8a54-469e-9035-3f2e27ef8076