11 October 2005

act despite uncertainty

Because uncertainty is inevitable, decisions can never be perfect. Often we believe that we can improve the decision by collecting more information, but in the process we lose opportunities. Skilled decision makers appear to know when to wait and when to act. Most important, they accept the need to act despite uncertainty.

Gary Klein, Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions, MIT Press, 1999, p. 276-277. Amazon