Framed Decisions Condition Future Outcomes
Everyone wants to make good decisions. Are you decisive or indecisive? Will framed decisions make a difference?
The easy answer is, they always do.
Perhaps the next question should be, how?
Without careful consideration everyone is making their decisions or choices within a frame. Framing a problem is generally constructive, it helps create focus and piece together the best possible solution. Decisions are made within the frame.
When you expand or contract the frame, the picture and outcomes may change.
“I want a new cell phone,” is very different from, “I want a new Samsung cell phone.” It’s different because the frame is different.
How are you framing the decisions that you make?
Framed Decisions
The decisions you make and the frame you place around options and choices are part of a compromise. You are compromising on future outcomes and directions based on the frame.
The compromise can make a decision come to a conclusion, or it can prolong a decision creating a lack of commitment.
Framing your decision alters the possibilities and future outcomes.
It is true for deciding what you’ll have for dinner and it is true for the scope of your marketing plan.
It is always important to establish a frame. The frame helps guide clarity and it also will limit the possibilities. Limiting the possibilities can be constructive, or if brainstorming, perhaps not so constructive.
What you do next for your career or your organization will have a lot to do with your frame.
Consider setting the size of you frame appropriate for the pursuit of your vision. No limits doesn’t always mean no limits, sometimes it means reaching beyond your frame.
-DEG
Dennis E. Gilbert is a business consultant, speaker (CSPTM), and culture expert. He is a five-time author and the founder of Appreciative Strategies, LLC. His business focuses on positive human performance improvement solutions through Appreciative Strategies®. Reach him through his website at Dennis-Gilbert.com or by calling +1 646.546.5553.
