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A foundation for great thinking
Last week I was asked what I do for a living. Rather than give a long explanation concerning Decision Management and Systems Engineering consulting, I went with the short version, “I teach people how to think” and followed it tongue-in-cheek … Continue reading
Situation patterns
Your job will typically fit into one of 3 patterns (roles, functions): Create: Innovate and define strategy, capabilities and solutions. Implement: Translate strategy, capabilities and solutions into reality. Operate: Manage, deliver, perform or support the stuff conceived and deployed by the other … Continue reading
Posted in Decision Patterns
Tagged career, decision network, decision-making, deployment, implementation, Job design, job roles, Kepner-Tregoe, knowledge flows, operations, problem analysis, project management, rational process, risk management, Situation Appraisal, strategy, thinking, thinking patterns
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Situation Appraisal for strategic situations
I regularly come into contact with highly skilled professionals who have had training in human thinking patterns (aka rational process, systems thinking) somewhere in their past. A Kepner-Tregoe Problem Solving & Decision-Making (PSDM) workshop was my first introduction into this … Continue reading
Posted in Decision Concepts, Decision Driven Innovation, Decision Driven Strategy, Use Cases or Applications
Tagged create the future, decision analysis, decision network, Kepner-Tregoe, potential problem analysis, problem analysis, PSDM, rational process, risk management, Situation Appraisal, SWOT, systems thinking, thinking breakdown structure, thinking patterns
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When should I use problem analysis?
Even though problem analysis involves a completely distinct thinking process than decision-making, I often have to clarify this distinction before I can move folks to get on with the decisions that will create their future. See my April 17 blog … Continue reading
Decision Breakdown Structure and Decision Networks
The central view of information in the Decision Driven Solutions Framework (DDSF) is called a Decision Breakdown Structure (DBS). But the DBS is a lot more than just a way to display a decision model; it represents a way to … Continue reading
Posted in Decision Concepts, Decision Driven Innovation, Decision Driven Life, Decision Driven Product Development, Decision Driven Strategy, Decision Patterns
Tagged decision, decision network, design, issue, Kepner-Tregoe, life, model, pattern, rational process, Situation Appraisal, strategy, systems engineering, thinking, thinking breakdown structure, WBS, work breakdown structure
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