From professional poker's hand-history review, carried into business by Annie Duke (Thinking in Bets, 2018).
Rebuilds each significant decision from a session, with what was known, the options, and the reasoning, and grades the decision apart from how it turned out.
When to reach for it
After a run of repeated decisions such as sales calls, hires, or investments, when the volume justifies learning from the batch.
How it runs
- Pick the period to review: a day, a week, or a phase.
- List only the consequential decisions.
- Reconstruct each: information held, options, choice, and reasoning.
- Grade each decision without looking at its outcome.
- Sort each by decision quality and outcome into four boxes.
Where it sits in SOLVE eX
Go to the source
- Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts, Portfolio, 2018