Sunday, March 22, 2020

Facilitator, watch out!! for all these event killers.



As a facilitator when we are facilitating critical debate, the demand to watch out below biases is high which prevails in any session.

In Complex product development, there are many events facilitator need to call to come out with a better outcome.

We have diversified team members joining from a diverse background.

We as a facilitator need to watch full and call out in the facilitating session about these biases when they take place.

Below Biases has to recognize in detail and as a facilitator, we require to study again and again and seek such occurrences in the workshop. We require to actively eliminate such bias from the meeting for a better outcome.

Scrum Master and Agile coaches facilitate many events, they desire to master the art of facilitation for whom they get paid for.

In our recent meeting of the waste identification process, we have come out with these biases is a mindset issue that needs to focus on. So particular consideration has to apply to such bias. It took 5-6 months to educate scrum masters and agile coaches to deliberate about such issues. More significant is the program, more events and better chances that we are blowing more meeting time with such biases.

let us have a look all these workshop killer mindset!

Hindsight Bias refers to the tendency people have to consider events as more predictable than they really are. Before an event takes place, while you might be able to offer a guess as to the outcome, there is really no way to actually know what’s going to happen. This is why it is often referred to as the “I knew it all along” phenomenon.

“If you feel like you knew it all along, it means you won’t stop to examine why something really happened,” “It’s often hard to convince seasoned decision-makers that they might fall prey to hindsight bias.”

Confirmation bias: A type of cognitive bias that involves favoring information that supports your already existing beliefs or biases. Confirmation biases impact how we collect information, but they also influence how we interpret and recall information. For example, people who support or oppose a specific issue will not only seek information to reinforce it, they will also interpret news stories in a way that upholds their existing ideas. They will also remember details in a way that reinforces these attitudes.

Outcome bias is a cognitive bias that enables us to judge our decision making based on the results of the process rather than the quality of the process itself. It’s crucial for us to be truly critical in the way we evaluate our actions. Instead of concentrating on outcomes, we need to focus on the process as a whole. Outcome bias is a problem because it leads us to repeat poor decision making based on outcomes rather than on the process used to gain the outcome. 

The planning fallacy is one of the most ubiquitous and frequently demonstrated cognitive biases that people have. If you’ve ever underestimated how much time you would require to complete a project you’re working on or finish packing before going on a trip, then you have been subject to the planning fallacy. This prevalent misconception refers to one’s tendency to underestimate the time, cost, and risk it will take them to do something, even if they already have the past knowledge of exactly what the task entails. It represents overly optimistic plans that are unreasonably close to the best-case scenario.

The curse of knowledge is a cognitive bias that occurs when an individual, communicating with other individuals, unknowingly assumes that the others have the background to understand. This bias is also called by some authors the curse of expertise. The curse of knowledge is real and can happen to us all. Fortunately, your team can avoid this dangerous mistake with a little awareness and a lot of focus on your team members.

Once we successfully correct ourselves and enable others to do the same, our effectiveness from the meeting will be meaningful

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