- Whether you are satisficing or maximizing making decisions comes down to finding out what it is you want. Even the decision whether to satisfice or maximize is a call about what’s important to you.
- Questions can be framed differently:
- Focusing on the goal: What is the optimal governance system? See Take a snapshot with your mental camera for effective goal setting
- Focusing on the process: How can I make this existing system better?
- Because we are human we don’t always know what we want. A common example is maximizing things like income or status that will never lead to the desired results (happiness) alone. Herzberg’s Motivation-Hygiene Theory