High-risk, Critical Decision-making under Time Pressure: Some Parallels and Learning from Split-second Choices Made in Extreme Adventure Sports

Ravindra Singh Bangari

Vikalpa: The Journal for Decision Makers, 2024, vol. 49, issue 3, 197-212

Abstract: In a world beset with crises, everyone from professional manager down to the layman is keen to understand how to make quick decisions under emerging disruptive situations. This article, employing self-reflective analysis of critical incidents, describes the author’s personal experiences from the field of adventure sports categorised as high-risk, critical decisions, involving split-second choices—while sky-diving and flying—to trace the mental cognitive processes from a decision maker’s perspective. This is used to discuss and establish a practitioners’ operational framework for high-risk, critical decision scenarios, drawing upon established theories and frameworks from cognitive, social and psychological decision research.

Keywords: Critical Decision-making; High-risk Environments; Reflective Analysis; Mindfulness; Practitioner-Oriented (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1177/02560909241281423

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