Judgment is the ability to combine personal qualities with relevant knowledge and experience to form opinions and make decisions.
It is what enables a sound choice in the absence of clear-cut, relevant data or an obvious path.
Leaders need many qualities, but underlying them all is good judgment. Furthermore, the scale and disruption of the current crisis make crucial judgments essential but also particularly problematic.
Drawing on many literatures, including leadership and psychology, on interviews with CEOs and a range of professions (including military, medical, scientific, religious and diplomatic), Sir Andrew Likierman will address the elements of good judgement – that is the skills and behaviors that create the conditions for fresh insights and enable to discern patterns that others miss.
Specifically:

• learning: listen and think critically
• trust: seek diversity, not validation
• experience: make it relevant, but not narrow
• detachment from biases
• options: beyond the solution set offered
• delivery: factor in the feasibility of execution