There’s a reoccurring reminder in my Things app that’s been there running for years:

Review cognitive bias

All it has is a link to this image:

The reminder goes off every 14 weeks (to keep it slightly out of sync with monthly and quarterly rhythms), and is designed to exploit a range biases to work in favour of me keeping them front of mind in my own work.

This little habit has helped me be more mindful of what can trip me up while designing (and just living, too…).

Now I’ve found something to help me be more conscious of how to actively avoid them int the first place: Jon Yablonski’s Cognitive Bias Index. His web-based tool supplements the list with a brief description, along with some tips on how to avoid the bias. There’s also a useful list of tools/frameworks to counteract many of the biases.

Should become a nice supplement to my bias-busting routine.