Sad When Bias Impacts Our Decision-making

Sad When Bias Impacts Our Decision-making

More than a year ago, U.S. Judge Penney Azcarate rejected all of Amber Heard's claims in her $50 Million defamation suit against Johnny Depp.  We all know that Johnny Depp ended up the 'runaway winner', including in the amounts of punitive damages the court slapped on Ms Head.  But NOT to question that judicial ruling, nevertheless, that led me to reopen my thoughts When Bias Impacts Our Decision-making [and BTW, this has got nothing to do with the defamation case]📌📌📌

As each day we all unconsciously make decisions that can cause immediate results or long-term impacts at either our personal or professional levels, this led me to revisit that jargon tagged as 'MENTAL SHORTCUTS' which is a.k.a. BIASES as it may present possible challenges OR obstacles when it comes to formulating the best decision💎💎💎

Without us endeavoring to get into the turf of psychologists, me thinks that it makes sense for us to reduce our UNCONSCIOUS BIAS by getting on the basic fundamentals of the largest types of BIAS.  Let's start with SIMILARITY BIAS which means that we prefer things that are like us over things that are different than us.  Likely, YOU and me went through that in the past💊💊💊

Coming close to the heels is that EXPEDIENCE BIAS which happens when we prefer to act quickly rather than take the needed time to receive clarity and crystal-clear understanding.  Just like when we're interviewing a job applicant, we could be relying solely on one data point straight from the job applicant's resume, which is NOT right❗❗❗

The third bias has been more predominant given that recent pandemic that forced us all to continue our pursuits virtually, so to speak.  So, DISTANCE BIAS is that instinct to prioritize things that are NEARBY [such as physical space or time].  This could appear when individuals look to the guidance of those currently present in a meeting, rather than those working remotely.  Indeed, it is SAD WHEN BIAS IMPACTS OUR DECISION-MAKING❎❎❎