DIRECTOR | LISON MAGE
Lison Mage
Lison Mage is the author of “Act Before You Overthink,” a captivating keynote speaker and highly skilled facilitator. Lison graduated with a Masters’ Degree in engineering, worked on three continents, and shifted her career about a decade ago. She explores the fields of psychology and behavioural science, while also practising many extreme sports, such as skydiving and kitesurfing. Mixing both her passion and research, she now shares her insights to help teams foster sustainable performance and strategic decision-making.
Presentation: Think Like A Skydiver
At 3,000 feet, a skydiver has approximately 15 seconds to identify a malfunction and execute emergency procedures. There is no time for analysis paralysis. The data is incomplete. The stakes are absolute. Business analysts face a similar paradox daily: stakeholders demand faster decisions, yet complexity grows and perfect data remains elusive. The traditional approach of gathering more information before deciding is breaking under modern time pressures. In this engaging session, Lison Mage draws from his skydiving training and research into decision making under pressure to reveal how elite performers make high quality decisions when time is short and data is incomplete. Attendees will discover the counterintuitive truth: that constraints can actually improve decision quality. Through vivid skydiving stories, neuroscience research, and practical business cases, participants will learn three powerful techniques that skydivers use and that business analysts can adopt immediately:
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Pre Decision Altitude: Setting decision thresholds before pressure hits
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The Emergency Procedures Mindset: Building decision muscle memory through deliberate practice
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Minimum Viable Information: Identifying the critical data points that actually drive outcomes Walk away with a personal Skydiver Decision Framework you can apply to your next high pressure analysis challenge.