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How to Make Big Decisions in Challenging Circumstances | Jonathan Reimer | TED

When making a big decision, should you trust your gut or follow the data? Emergency manager Jonathan Reimer draws on his experience responding to some of Canada’s largest wildfires to share advice on high-stakes decision-making that you can take to your boardroom, kitchen table or anywhere else. (Recorded at TEDxVictoria on May 15, 2024) If…

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When making a big decision, should you trust your gut or follow the data? Emergency manager Jonathan Reimer draws on his experience responding to some of Canada’s largest wildfires to share advice on high-stakes decision-making that you can take to your boardroom, kitchen table or anywhere else. (Recorded at TEDxVictoria on May 15, 2024)

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29 Comments

  1. @ErkinovSherzod

    January 2, 2025 at 7:03 am

    First

  2. @sooma-ai

    January 2, 2025 at 7:11 am

    Emergency manager Jonathan Reimer shares insights on making big decisions in challenging circumstances, drawing from his wildfire response experiences. He discusses the interplay between rational thinking and intuition, emphasizing the importance of starting with a systematic ‘size-up’ before relying on gut feelings.

  3. @TheAllstonGroupLLC

    January 2, 2025 at 7:21 am

    Really really enjoyed this

    What was said around the 9:42 mark reminded me of a line I heard in season 4 of “Succession” from the character Ian Maatsen that goes “Analysis + Capital + Execution = Success”

    • @adammorra3813

      January 3, 2025 at 6:52 pm

      If it was that easy, everyone would be doing it.

  4. @murali-io6si

    January 2, 2025 at 7:32 am

    if more people read the ebook Magnetic Aura by Takeshi Mizuki, the way we understand attraction would transform overnight

    • @snakelett

      January 2, 2025 at 3:10 pm

      Hello! Please tell me more. I don’t know much English. Sorry!

    • @bratwurstbude7660

      January 2, 2025 at 6:39 pm

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  5. @Daksh_Editz_69

    January 2, 2025 at 7:32 am

    they overlook ebooks like Magnetic Aura by Takeshi Mizuki because its insights on attraction challenge conventional thinking

  6. @BLK_ART929

    January 2, 2025 at 7:32 am

    reading the ebook Magnetic Aura by Takeshi Mizuki could completely shift how you see and apply the principles of attraction

  7. @kirtanbariya612

    January 2, 2025 at 7:32 am

    no one talks about the ebook Magnetic Aura by Takeshi Mizuki because its take on attraction is too raw and real for most to handle

    • @RandyJames22

      January 2, 2025 at 3:52 pm

      It seems like there are A LOT of people “talking” about it here in these comments.

    • @ghmasterjj

      January 2, 2025 at 4:39 pm

      Right like, are they bots or something lol

  8. @RickLambert963

    January 2, 2025 at 11:58 am

    Fundamentally philosophy is search for truth. Logic and the scientific method are born from philosophy. The scientific method is our best route to truth. Belief/disbelief is philosophical suicide. Belief/disbelief based deductions end with belief/disbelief based organizations in the control system taking advantage. Belief/disbelief is psychological pathogen mind control, a destroyer of logic, knowledge, and freedom.

  9. @GarethThomasTunes

    January 2, 2025 at 12:37 pm

    Research then intuition.
    If people could process thought in that order, the world would be a better place.

  10. @e.hofman2322

    January 2, 2025 at 1:02 pm

    It reminds me of Magnus Walker’s TED-Talk from a couple of year ago

  11. @elizabethqu7592

    January 2, 2025 at 8:57 pm

    I am the 14 % people lols

  12. @Sagar17048

    January 2, 2025 at 9:48 pm

    I am is tell confused 110=120 anyone solve it

    • @HannahBW-k3i

      January 3, 2025 at 3:32 am

      The bat is £100 MORE so the remaining 10 has to be split between the two items. £105 is £100 more than £5. They total £110.

    • @Sagar17048

      January 3, 2025 at 5:07 am

      @HannahBW-k3i  how the right answer is 120

  13. @lithiumvalleyrocksprospect9792

    January 3, 2025 at 1:43 am

    Even better when the size up was done as an exercise a few month before a real fire… Because we hadn’t had one from the east so fuel was old. But the response was intuitive and fast

  14. @Paul-zl1xp

    January 3, 2025 at 6:10 am

    Took over a decade but I just realized after watching this why the old ranger was passing misinformation about the ranger outposts in fallout new Vegas lol

  15. @Mahesh-q5v5m

    January 3, 2025 at 11:43 am

    Small steps,Big changes ???? ????

  16. @KGrunner

    January 3, 2025 at 4:05 pm

    I’m loving this show even though I only watched 2 videos

  17. @DonalOShea-u7r

    January 3, 2025 at 10:37 pm

    This is insightful around decision making – and brilliantly delivered. Very cool.

  18. @importantname

    January 3, 2025 at 10:52 pm

    I learnt to make bigger decisions as I went up the corporate ladder. Its only tough if youve not made small decisions first.

  19. @tonbo8196

    January 4, 2025 at 7:32 am

    Done the math, answer is 5.

    • @paridhomane6077

      January 5, 2025 at 6:00 pm

      Can you explain how ?

  20. @tengfung5145

    January 5, 2025 at 7:26 am

    Din’t the quiz disprove his gut theory instead?

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