The Creative Decision Making Approach

Making decisions is a key skill in life. People make decisions all the time and the choices they make have consequences – both for themselves and for other people.

There are many models for making decisions. The following pages describe how people can make considered and, when appropriate, creative decisions.

This involves following the Three C approach and focusing on the following themes.

Clarity – This involves clarifying the real results you want to achieve;

Creativity – This involves clarifying the choices, consequences and creative solutions;

Concrete Results – This involves clarifying the action plan for achieving the desired results.

The following pages provide a pack you can use when going through these stages. It focuses on how to use the approach when tackling a specific challenge. But you can adapt the approach to making other decisions or working towards a specific goal.

Good decision makers often buy time to make considered decisions. Bearing this in mind, it can be useful to focus on the following themes.

The first step involves establishing clarity. It is vital to clarify the real results you want to achieve. This is the real ‘What’. This step also includes clarifying the benefits of achieving the goals.

The next step is to use your creativity to explore the possible ways to achieve the goals. This is the ‘How’. You can then follow your chosen route and do your best to achieve the desired concrete results. This is the ‘When’. 

Here is a pack that you can use to making decisions. You will, of course, use it in your own way to work towards achieving your goals.