What are the 3 most lucrative ways to stimulate decision-making?

Create a sense of urgency and collaboration.

Create a visualisation of the end result.

Put time limits in place.

Show the bigger picture of how this decision will make an significant change (For better).

Early mover advantage.

Time advantage as compared to the competitors.

Reemphasis on the VALUE proposition & its favourable outcomes.

Involve employers 

Build accountability projects

Contribute to a spirit of "play" - brainstormings

Set realistic goals

Involve managers and project leaders in an improvement effort

Break down barriers - mainly the routine ones

Encourage rapid decisions and reward the "real" one

...and of course, make a good formal plan - like an Balanced scorecard to follow up all activities with KPI´s

(sorry, I exceed the3 that you have asked :) ) 

1. URGENCY

2. COST EFFECTIVITY

3. PROJECTED RETURNS 

What happend or is happening- Why and When? These three questions need to answered beore a decision can be made.

take time to  make decision 

look for uotcom of decision 

learn and search abut decision 

improve my knowledge and skills  

Choose different alternatives available

Identify criteria

Choose best alternative 

Imagine that your company has been expanding rapidly over the past 12 months. Sales are up 50 percent, but costs and overheads have also increased, so your operating profit has fallen. Decisions need to be made – and fast! But first you’re going to need to consider your options...

Some of your decisions will be so routine that you make them without giving them much thought. But difficult or challenging decisions demand more consideration. These are the sort of decisions that involve:

• Uncertainty – Many of the facts may be unknown.
• Complexity – There can be many, interrelated factors to consider.
• High-risk consequences – The impact of the decision may be significant.
• Alternatives – There may be various alternatives, each with its own set of uncertainties and consequences.
• Interpersonal issues – You need to predict how different people will react.

When you’re making a decision that involves complex issues like these, you also need to engage your problem-solving, as well as decision-making skills. It pays to use an effective, robust process in these circumstances, to improve the quality of your decisions and to achieve consistently good results.

1. Capacity to do it?

2. Is it profitable?

3. able to deliver it on time?

It is wisdom and not folly to have a reasonable assurance of certainty before making a decision, nevertheless, this is still one of the hindrances for making quality decisions.

To stimulate decision making:

1.develop interest in the matter after making some investigations

2. Don't go too far in making enquiry to avert discouragement

3. Be ready for the worse.

Well, I prefer first to listen to the problem in details and from the employees or others, then decide solution to that particular issue.