The Power of Perception
(DATT Updated)

Ten Tools for Making Better
Business Decisions

We've all said it. Too much to do, too little time. But what if you could really focus. Cut out all the distractions and funnel your thoughts until you drill down to the right action? Think how much more you could accomplish.

The Power of Perception™ gives you 10 simple strategies for sharpening your perception and focusing your thinking in a more comprehensive, effective and efficient way. PoP™ will enable you to have a broad and inclusive viewpoint. The tools create a framework for defining a situation. That framework will improve your ability to consider consequences before you take action.

Our modern lives - both business and personal - are very fast paced and full of action. We often confuse action with accomplishment and frequently jump to action without enough thought. We love to take action and see what happens - if it's good, we keep going; if it's bad, we stop and clean up the mess we have created. Sure, it's better than doing nothing at all but it's inefficient at best and costly at its worst.

"How you see is what you get."

Equip your employees with 10 quick thinking tools. Each tool helps clarify the type of thinking needed based on the situation. You only use the tools necessary to resolve the situation. Some challenges may only need the use of one thinking tool. It’s not complicated. The symbols and common vocabulary provide an easy to work with framework that signal team members which tool is in use at a particular moment. It’s easy to have quick targeted thinking together discussions leading to well thought out plans of action—agreed upon and supported.

10 Quick Thinking Tools to Help Keep Your Business on Track

	A.G.O.	Aims-Goals-Objectives
	FIP	First Important Priorities
	O.P.V.	Other People's Views
	C&S	Consequence & Sequel
	RAD	Recognize-Analyze-Divide
	P.M.I.	Plus-Minus-Interesting
	CAF	Consider All the Factors
	K.V.I.	Key Values Involved
	A.P.C.	Alternatives-Possibilities-Choices
	D.O.C.A.	Design-Outcome-Channel-Action

Designed for use by both emerging and established leaders. These ten tools help people

• Keep a razor sharp focus on goals in order to keep moving forward to an end result.

• Determine what needs to happen first when faced with a long list.

• Shift from being reactive to becoming proactive.

• Make well thought out decisions that are documented for future reference.

• Consider the views of other people involved to secure buy-in to new solutions.

• Thoroughly judge a situation before taking appropriate action.

• Consider the consequences of an action, plan, decision, or recommendation before taking action to prevent unintended consequences from happening.

• Break a complex challenge into manageable parts to make it more efficient to resolve.

• Broaden the range of solutions considered to select the one with the best impact.

• Action plan for implementation.

Here are four ways you can learn Power of Perception tools:

Attend a Seminar

1. Have us lead a customized Power of Perception training event at your organization. Call 818-507-6055 for details.

2. Attend one of our public workshops. View our current dates, locations and registration details.

Become a Power of Perception Certified Trainer

3. Have us lead an instructor certification training event at your company. Develop a group of your own expert trainers that will train your internal clients. Call 818-507-6055 to discuss details.

4. Attend a public instructor certification training event. View our current dates, locations and registration details.

Power of Perceptions Materials: attendees will always receive the official de Bono Thinking Systems, Inc. materials.

Power of Perception Training Candidates: All employees who are required to think on the job.

Time Required: 1 or 2 days depending upon your objectives for skill development and application practice. Power of Perception is also an excellent course to consider for short modules when training is conducted by your own instructors.

Our Instructors: de Bono for Business is different. Training is led by highly qualified business experts who understand the fast pace of work and rapid change driving business. Many are successful leaders of their own companies. This is what sets us apart from other training organizations — we live and breathe in the world of business — we understand it. We are results driven.

Book us to present or keynote at your conferences, team meetings and executive retreats.

Call 818-507-6055 to discuss the ways we can add value to your events by stimulating the thinking of your groups.