Neil Shortland, PhD is an Assistant Professor, Criminology and Justice Studies at University of Massachusetts Lowell.

His research focuses on the psychological aspects of domestic and international security. His research portfolio includes funded projects on military decision making (cognitive and neuroscience psychology), the interaction of aggressive cognitions and extremist propaganda (cognitive psychology) and grass-roots programs aimed at counter violent extremism and building societal resistance (developmental and social psychology).

Learn more about Neil, here.

This episode is focused on discussing principles from, "Decision Time", a book he co-authored along with Laurence Alison, PhD. Neil is also a contributing author on the ground breaking research on field-based rapport solutions, "ORBIT".

In this episode, we dive into the following topics:

• Benefits of making "deliberate difficult decisions"
• Variables that comprise "sound" decision making
• A discussion on the "STAR" method to decision making
• The role emotional intelligence plays in making value-based decisions
• What the future holds with developing technology assisted decision making platforms (this one is NUTS)