Consider a decision you needed to make recently, whether it was of little or significant importance. What was the role of evidence in supporting this decision? Did you seek out the evidence first to guide you toward a decision, or was your mind already made up and you sought evidence to support your "gut feeling"? In this Discussion, examine a time when you made a decision based on "evidence" and one example of a time when you made a decision before finding the "evidence" for support.

• Describe one professional experience in which you used evidence as to the basis for decision making and one experience in which you made a decision and then found evidence to support the decision you made.
• Compare both situations regarding how the use of (or lack of) evidence impacted the outcomes of your decision-making, being specific in terms of positive and negative impacts. In your comparison, be sure to include the risks and benefits of each approach in terms of the outcomes.
• Based on this week's Learning Resources and your previous experiences as examples, identify two or more ways evidence-based decision-making can be used to promote positive social change within and/or for an organization.

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