Coffee with Kim How To Make Better Decisions At Work With Becki Saltzman
Mar 6, 2026
Becki Saltzman, author and advisor who trains teams on curiosity and evidence-based decisions. She talks about slowing down in fast meetings, spotting hidden assumptions, and framing better questions. Conversation covers biases and decision noise, AI as a question-framing partner, a vivid icebreaker, and building habits for evidence-based thinking.
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Bias And Noise Both Break Group Decisions
- Cognitive biases and noise both derail group decisions: biases skew judgment, noise creates unwanted variance.
- Use anonymous initial votes and delay group brainstorming until after independent evaluations.
Set Purpose And Values Before Asking Others
- Before crowdsourcing decisions, clarify your purpose and 2â3 concrete values as decision guardrails.
- Use those guardrails to filter external advice so recommendations align with your real optimization.
Target The Key Influencer And Match Questions
- Identify the single person you must influence and gauge what they already know before challenging leadership.
- Ask questions matched to their familiarity: exploratory when unsure, closed when they're ready to decide.