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How do I make talent decisions based on data instead of gut feel?
The short answer
Unstructured judgment imports well-documented cognitive biases at scale, and awareness training barely moves them. The evidence-based antidote is structure and measurement — defined criteria, structured interviews, validated instruments, and decision rules — which consistently outperform holistic 'gut' calls.
The problem underneath
Unstructured human judgment in talent decisions imports well-documented cognitive biases at scale; structure and measurement science are the evidence-based antidote, not awareness training alone.
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