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The Playbook With David Meltzer

How to Make Better Decisions | Paul Magnone, Head of Global Strategic Alliances at Google

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.61.9K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2022

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Paul Magnone, Head of Global Strategic Alliances at Google & Author of “Decisions Over Decimals”, shares his insights on the best way for decision-makers to get their bearings before making a critical choice, as well as how to avoid some of the most common mistakes that business leaders make during the process. Magnone and Meltzer sit down to chat about a wide range of topics including why it’s essential to have a data-based “recipe” for your decision making, how to avoid being overwhelmed by an abundance of data, and the many benefits of taking a team sports approach to decision making. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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We think if you look at these different components,

0:02.6

any decision along those three dimensions,

0:04.6

that's a good compass for you.

0:06.1

This is the flavor.

0:09.7

I am so excited to have Paul Manioni.

0:12.2

He is the head of global strategic alliances

0:15.2

at a tiny little company called Google.

0:17.8

And most importantly, he's written a book that just

0:22.2

totally excites me because as you know,

0:24.2

I've written a book about decision making

0:25.9

called Game Time Decision Making,

0:27.8

using sports stories and sports analogies

0:30.7

to figure out how best to make decisions.

0:33.3

But Paul, you know, welcome to the playbook.

0:37.0

There's this nuance that I didn't address in my book.

0:40.0

And when I saw the title of your book,

0:42.4

which is decisions over decimals,

0:44.6

striking the balance between intuition and information,

0:50.1

I thought, wow, somebody's finally reconciled

0:53.3

my biggest issue in decision making,

0:56.5

which is a combination of three things.

0:58.8

Intellect, which we're overloaded with data,

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