Combining decision and behavioral sciences.
Melina Moleskis is a decision-making and behavioral scientist working with the public and private sectors, as well as in academia. As a certified decision professional and certified trainer., she specializes in decision skills training, consultation, implementation, research and teaching. Her passion for improving decisions focuses on skill development and debiasing through choice architecture and behaviorally-informed strategies. Melina is an accomplished training designer and facilitator, as well as a published and invited speaker on both decision debiasing strategies and the application of behavioral insights for problem-solving.
In her other work-related roles, Melina is a Director and Board member of the Global Association of Applied Behavioural Scientists. She is also a member of the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council, the Alliance for Decision Education Steering Committee and the Society of Decision Professionals. She holds a PhD in Managerial Decision Sciences from IESE Business School, MBA in Strategy from NYU Stern, BSc in Mathematics & Economics from LSE and, she is currently in pursuit of a post-doc in Behavioral Analysis. When not working, Melina enjoys adventures with her family and friends, delving into murder mysteries and puzzles, and rooting for her favorite basketball team.
What people say.
Research Portfolio Lead, Human Sciences Studio, Accenture
Melina's work in this area of business decision-making is top class. Careful use of evidence, concise writing,
clear examples, actionable emphasis.
Ideal way to quickly get a sense of how you can improve your organisation's decision power.
Partner,
Deloitte
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General Manager,
AON Insurance
Melina stands out for her meticulous attention to detail and her ability to
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Her work on decision-making is well-researched, evidence-based, and highly practical!
She has helped our team to make more informed and effective decisions."
[An open letter to achievement seekers]
You've heard it all before - technology is advancing into our lives at a fast pace.
Have you thought about how technological progress affects decision-making, in both productive and unhelpful ways?
How, in this hyper-connected era, our individual decisions and habits have a
remarkable potential to affect others, both positively and negatively?
Technology, like data, is a tool and like all tools it's important to use them right.
It's no accident that decision-making skills are fervently ranked among the strongest assets for success.
Understanding how we can make better decisions is a superpower.
It's fundamental, not soft.
A mega-skill.
A comparative advantage.
It may seem obvious that making good decisions is important.
But it's surprising how few people know and can explain
what it takes to get there.
Or even, what a good decision is.
And, alas, there's many widely spread misconceptions about how people think and
what this means for willpower, intuition, following rules, group decisions, learning and so on...
Fortunately, we've researched our way out of a lot of these misconceptions.
But the decision-making literature remains scattered,
spread across an array of fields-
decision science, behavioral science, economics, psychology,
management science, organizational behavior, neuroscience and more.
What I offer you is a synthesis, translation, and practical application of the greatest ideas around decision-making.
What you're probably doing wrong (because no one taught us better) and how to fix it.
What you know you're doing wrong (because you don't know of a better way) and how to get it right.
If this interests you, you're welcome to join my bi-weekly newsletter
and/ or download this free mini guide on the decision-making errors we make at work.
