My Biases That Pursue My Decision-Making Process

I have found it humorous how aware I have now become of the various biases that plague my decision-making process. I believe my process to be immune to most biases because of the amount of objective information and conversion of this information into quantitative data for analysis yet after looking closer I see room for improvement. The biases were developed over time and I may have noticed them at random moments in the past but it wasn’t until last week’s discussion and the GlucoGuage simulation that I see my biases for what they are. Most importantly, I am learning to either navigate around them or use them to my advantage given that eliminating some biases can be very difficult especially anchoring bias and confirming evidence bias. When I first went through the simulation I was unaware of the biases I was displaying however after completing the assignment and beginning to write my press release it became clear that I displayed both confirming evidence bias …show more content…
I have already begun to use the information from these articles and assignments as I have begun to catch myself and my biases on a daily basis. For example, when I was recently briefed on a project for The University from an advisor I began to believe that the product could not be successful in the market because that was the information that was imposed upon me. After realizing what had happened and connecting with the CEO of the company, I collected more information about the product directly from the inventor and was able to create a more objective view on the topic. If I had carried this bias all the way through the project, the end data could have been greatly swayed so I am extremely grateful for these past few classes for exposing the risks in decision