Decision Driven(r) Roadmaps

In my consulting business, I’ve helped clients build and maintain a rich set of roadmaps.  Roadmaps are a method to visualize and guide the evolution to technologies, products, platforms and even strategies, organizations, business models and markets.  Roadmaps are a powerful tool to maintain alignment across many “moving parts” in an industry or business.
At their [...]

Analogies between life and strategy decisions

In preparation of the upcoming launch of Decision Driven® Strategy, I’ve been populating the strategy Decision Network pattern.  By a stroke of brilliance (actually an unintended copy error), I seeded the strategy decision pattern with the top 120 decisions from the life pattern.  At first I thought, “Nuts” but then realized that it would be [...]

Decision management is more than decision-making

There are two fundamental ways to use our Decision Driven® Life and Strategy tools, decision management and decision-making.  Most individuals are looking for quick wins and will naturally jump into decision-making.  That’s the process of thinking through and committing to a specific answer for one decision.  We provide 4 “Make this decision” tools to help [...]

Lifelong innovation

Lifelong innovation is one of my passions.  Whether the subject is some area of life, a process or a product, I’m wired to look for continuous improvement.  I’m certainly not a subscriber to the “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” crowd.  Rather, I’m a “why not do it some other way?” disrupter.
I love using [...]

Decision: Safety strategy

About 20 years ago, our house was broken into by some petty thieves.  They pried open and kicked in two doors and swiped our new VCR, some loose cash and a few Christmas presents from under the tree.  The loss of stuff was trivial, but it left a lasting impression that some low-life scum could violate my home and [...]

Decision: Service Opportunities

Many of us are seeking to make a difference in the world (or in eternity) beyond our careers.  Jesus told us that it was better to serve than to be served; many are living out that principle through a wide range of volunteer service opportunities.
In our Decision Driven® Life pattern, we have included a “Service [...]

Assess or decide, then act?

I had a good discussion yesterday that reminded me of the many ways that individuals approach their life’s problems and challenges.  I was asked how Decision Driven® Life compared with the various personality assessment or profiling tools on the market.   More on that later …
I have to confess that my exposure to these assessment models has been [...]

Avoiding either-or binary decisions

People often state a personal or professional decision as an either-or or binary (2 alternative) proposition.  Should I build a new house or stay where I’m at (do nothing)?  Should I build a new custom home or buy an existing house in my community?
When I hear this I want to shout ”TUNNEL VISION!”.  While there may be [...]

Decision: Health Strategy

Our Decision Driven® Life pattern includes a rich branch of lifestyle decisions under ”Health Strategy”. 
 
Proactive decision-making is particularly valuable in the area of our health.   Individuals strategies toward health vary between coasting on our parents genes to consuming obsessions with diet, exercise and healthy living practices.  A good health strategy should balance the following factors:

I’ve recommended elsewhere that [...]

Decisions have context and context matters

Context matters!  This principle is one of the enduring lessons of my life.    You may recall the story of the man who was seeking divine guidance.   His favorite method was to close his eyes, pray, flip open the Bible to a page and poke his finger at a verse to hear from God.  One day, seeking [...]