Title: Collaborative Decision Making in the Workplace - 101 | UpRaise
Headings: Collaborative Decision Making in the Workplace – 101
Collaborative Decision Making in the Workplace – 101
Choose a facilitator
Identify and scope the problem
Build a success model and uncover alternative solutions
Collect data
Evaluate alternative solutions and make a selection
Create an implementation plan for the solution of choice

Content: Collaborative decision making occurs when a team of individuals reaches a consensus. This consensus should be on the best possible solution, chosen from within a set of few proposed. This sounds time consuming already, doesn’t it? While that may be the case, it defends against a lot of pitfalls of other processes of decision making. Such as cognitive bias, trial & error etc. Not only that it promotes an atmosphere of teamwork. All the individuals involved are more invested in the success of the solution
Collaborative approach works best where work culture supports a high level of engagement. Freedom to creatively solve problems also encourages seamless collaboration. Implementing a collaborative decision-making approach in your organization is hard. Give your team the freedom to perfect collaboration without constraint of an unrealistic deadline.