October 2015
Beginner
288 pages
5h 38m
English
It is all too easy when you are under pressure to make decisions hurriedly, reach the wrong conclusions and cause problems as a result. The ladder of inference (see Figure 13.1) describes the unconscious thinking processes that you go through in order to make a decision or decide upon an action. It comes from Harvard Professor Chris Argyris (1923–2013), a leading light in the development of the concept of learning organisations, popularised later by Peter Senge.
Figure 13.1 Ladder of inference
Source: Adapted from Argyris, C. (1990) Overcoming Organizational Defenses: Facilitating organizational ...
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