by barrager | Dec 11, 2011 | Automotive, Collaboration, collaborative design, Decision Analysis, Decision coaching, Design, Framing strategic decisions, Leadership
Vince Barabba is a market research and strategic planning guru. He knows a lot about listening to the Voice of the Customer and how big organizations make decisions. In the 199o’s he was the executive in charge of Corporate Strategy and Knowledge Development...
by barrager | May 23, 2011 | Chris Argyris, Decision coaching, Framing strategic decisions, Organizational learning
Good decisions rest on good inference. How do we interpret the data? How do we interpret what people say and do? Are they friend or foe? Is friend or foe a useful classification? What can a decision coach do to help decision makers improve inference? Chris...
by barrager | Apr 29, 2011 | Bayesian Analysis, Decision Analysis, Fishery Management, Ocean Policy
The following comments were prepared for the June 2010 meeting of the Pacific Fishery Management Council. The comments concern the way the Council deals with uncertainty and how they decide on allowed catch. Ladies and Gentleman of the Council, We have a problem. ...
by barrager | Feb 15, 2011 | Decision coaching, Framing strategic decisions, Organizational learning
Anyone working on big hairy problems like Smart Grid, high-speed rail, ocean policy, or designing California political districts will appreciate the power of bringing Analytics and Data Visualization together. They absolutely compliment each other. Computers are...
by barrager | Feb 9, 2011 | Decision Analysis, Decision coaching, Framing strategic decisions, Organizational learning
Brainstorming is the grand daddy of business processes. You know the drill. State the problem. Throw raw ideas out there. Suspend judgment. Build on other ideas. It is a group creativity process designed in the 1950’s to generate a large number of ideas...
