Discussion Post

Review the requirements located in the Brainstorming Discussions Module.

1. By TUESDAY, complete the following:

· Respond to a thread of your choice. 

· Identify the bias in two of the statements in that thread. Explain WHY. 

· Explain how the biases in those two statements influence or affect the decision making process. 

· You must use course material to support your responses and APA in-text citations with a reference list. 

2. THROUGHOUT the week, complete the following:

· Pick two statements from EACH of the remaining threads.

· Identify the bias in two of the statements in EACH of the remaining threads. Explain WHY. 

· Explain how the biases in those two statements for EACH of the remaining threads influences or affects the decision making process. 

· You must use course material to support your responses and APA in-text citations with a reference list. 

3.

In one last post attach a final answer to TEN statements of your choice. This will be considered the brainstorming discussion assignment portion (7.5%) of the ten point grade for the week. It must be an attachment and not an actual post.  

Skill # 2: Identifying the natural biases that our mind creates and the affect they have on the decision at hand.

1- “That’s the way we’ve always done it”

2- “We know what our customers want”

3-“Millennial's are just too demanding”

4-“We should know what to make, not our customers!”

5-“Middle management won’t let that fly”

6-“The CEO needs to validate it first”

7-“It’s too uncertain, we need a spreadsheet”

8-“That’s too disruptive”

9-“How do we know it would even work?”

10-“Our development cycles are too long for that”

11-“That idea is too crazy”

12-“It’s already been done”

13-“Nobody would buy it”

14-“Trust me I know this won’t work”

15-“We’ve already tested something like that”

16-“I’m not a creative person”

17- “Let me check with the team and see what they think”

18-“My gut says no.”

19-“If it’s not broken why fix it?”

20-“There’s no budget for this risky stuff”