About

The Art of Decision is the practice of understanding how people think, choose, lead, and respond when the path forward isn’t obvious.

Matt Kiesling is the Founder and President of Art of Decision. For nearly 30 years, he has helped people and organizations navigate growth, uncertainty, change, and the decisions that come with them.

Over the course of his career, Matt has advised some of the world’s largest organizations, led businesses and teams, and coached hundreds of executives and individuals across industries and geographies. He has served as a senior executive in public and privately held organizations, worked extensively in the public sector, and helped lead historic growth at one of the world’s leading consulting firms. That combination of lived experience, professional depth, and academic expertise became the foundation for Art of Decision.

Matt holds a Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) in Human and Organizational Psychology and an MBA from the University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business. He is also a researcher, author, speaker, artist, and host of The Leadership Reset.

His work is grounded in a simple idea:

When you better understand why people do what they do, you get better at deciding what to do next.