I think I like Linch’s basic definition most, maybe because it’s so close to the concepts of epistemic and instrumental rationality, which I found useful before. I’ll extend his definition from the summary a little with points touched upon by the other definitions:
Good judgment can roughly be divided within 2 mostly distinct clusters:
Forming sufficiently good world models given practical constraints.
building world models that are useful for you and your community’s world model portfolio
efficiently seeking and using diverse forms of evidence
learning models from people who have shown good judgement
being able to derive calibrated forecasts from your models
Making good decisions on the basis of such (often limited) models.
strategically focussing on highest priority decisions
using heuristics that are informed by and selected based on feedback
seeking & weighing advice from people with relevant knowledge
be reflective about cognitive biases & previous mistakes
(Note: Linch is currently my supervisor & Michael is another senior manager in my department, so take my positive feedback with a grain of salt :P)
Thanks Michael, that’s a useful collection.
I think I like Linch’s basic definition most, maybe because it’s so close to the concepts of epistemic and instrumental rationality, which I found useful before. I’ll extend his definition from the summary a little with points touched upon by the other definitions:
Good judgment can roughly be divided within 2 mostly distinct clusters:
Forming sufficiently good world models given practical constraints.
building world models that are useful for you and your community’s world model portfolio
efficiently seeking and using diverse forms of evidence
learning models from people who have shown good judgement
being able to derive calibrated forecasts from your models
Making good decisions on the basis of such (often limited) models.
strategically focussing on highest priority decisions
using heuristics that are informed by and selected based on feedback
seeking & weighing advice from people with relevant knowledge
be reflective about cognitive biases & previous mistakes
(Note: Linch is currently my supervisor & Michael is another senior manager in my department, so take my positive feedback with a grain of salt :P)