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Decision Driven® 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 … Continue reading
Posted in Decision Concepts, Decision Driven Innovation, Decision Driven Life, Decision Driven Product Development, Decision Driven Strategy
Tagged align, alternative, consulting, decision, decision network, evolution, life, life roadmap, portfolio, proactive, product roadmap, roadmap, strategy, strategy roadmap, technology roadmap, timeline, visualize
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Analogies between life and strategy decisions
Once when I was refining a decision pattern for Decision Driven® Strategy, I was populating the strategy Decision Breakdown Structure (DBS). By a stroke of brilliance (actually an unintended copy error), I seeded the strategy decision pattern with the top … Continue reading
Decision management is more than decision-making
There are two fundamental ways to use our Decision Driven® Solutions Framework (DDSF), 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 … Continue reading
Posted in Big Ideas, Decision Concepts, Decision Driven Innovation, Decision Driven Life, Decision Driven Product Development, Decision Driven Strategy
Tagged alignment, analysis, common sense, concerns, decision, decision management, decision model, decision pattern, decision-making, issues, life, model, Pareto, pattern, requirement, roadmap, separate, skills, strategy, trivial many, vital few
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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 … Continue reading
Posted in Decision Concepts, Decision Driven Innovation, Decision Driven Life, Decision Driven Product Development, Decision Driven Strategy
Tagged alternative, continuous improvement, creative, creativity, decision, decision network, disruptive, framework, future, idea, innovation, innovation framework, lifelong innovation, scenario
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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, … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Decision Driven Life, Decision Patterns
Tagged criteria, decision, life vocation, opportunity, role, servant's heart, serve, service, service opportunities, volunteer
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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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Decision Concepts, Decision Driven Innovation, Decision Driven Life, Decision Driven Product Development, Decision Driven Strategy
Tagged alternatives, binary, creative thinking, creativity, decision, decision framing, either-or, framing, hybrid, off-the-shelf, pattern, solutions, tunnel vision
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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, … Continue reading
Posted in Decision Driven Life, Decision Patterns
Tagged baseline, criteria, decision, demo, doctor, health, life decision, medical, medical decision, proactive decision-making, snapshot, specialist, strategy, treatment
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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 … Continue reading
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