MGM102H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Cognitive Bias, Epinephrine
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Contextual intelligence: to understand the environment, priorities and goals and to make sure they reflect: why do people choose to climb mt. Something different (status, pride) conquer (have a sense of fulfilment), risk-takers every capability is tested some do it to achieve personal goals (people want to collect mountains) People often times also do climb it learn about themselves. Did not evaluate the strength and weaknesses. Some members like guides didn"t feel comfortable speaking up or potentially offering a different opinion or challenging an authority. Emotions came in the way(relationships got involved) Contingencies( if something doesn"t work , what"s the plan) Resource problems(not enough oxygen, good radios, etc) Some clients including the leader encountered physical problems. No clear plan to guide the decision being made. It was almost predictable that there are going to be problems. If they could have been more rational and analyzed that the potential risks > potential benefit, they would have stopped.
