ONE OF SEVEN WAYS OF SEEING
Bring structure to complex choices and trade-offs.
A four-step process for making better decisions by widening options, reality-testing assumptions, attaining distance before deciding, and preparing to be wrong. The approach helps avoid narrow framing and emotional bias.
The WRAP model provides a structured process to counteract decision-making biases by widening options, reality-testing assumptions, attaining distance before deciding, and preparing to be wrong. It guides individuals to explore alternatives, gather evidence, gain perspective, and set safeguards for decisions.
The WRAP process asks you to widen your options, reality-test assumptions, attain distance before deciding, and prepare to be wrong. Matt D’Arrigo’s ARTS story shows these steps through a broader set of options, a small partnership test, and a deadline for a plan.
A decision-making framework involving four steps—Widen options, Reality-test assumptions, Attain distance, and Prepare to be wrong—along with practical advice for common roadblocks such as fear, overanalysis, and narrow framing.