by barrager | Nov 16, 2014 | Barrager, Chris Argyris, Collaboration, collaborative design, Decision Analysis, Decision coaching, decision engineering, Deming, Design, Drucker, Framing strategic decisions, Organizational learning, Process, Strategic Design, Tools
The intellectual high ground in business decision making is held by a handful of organizations: The Economist Intelligence Unit, Harvard Business Review, McKinsey Global Institute, and Strategy+Business. I think Rich Karlgaard, the publisher of Forbes, is also a...
by barrager | May 23, 2013 | Analytics, Bayesian Analysis, collaborative design, Decision Analysis, Decision coaching, Framing strategic decisions, Leadership, Organizational learning, Strategic Design, Uncategorized
What is it that decision consultants and coaches provide decision makers? Why do they give us their attention and energy? What do they get in return? What do we deliver? Here’s how Jack Kloeber answers the question in a recent issue of the Decision Analysis...
by barrager | Apr 22, 2013 | Chris Argyris, Collaboration, collaborative design, Decision coaching, Deming, Leadership, Ocean Policy, Organizational learning, Skills, Uncategorized
After 40 years of working on strategic decisions in the private and public sectors, I am comfortable making the assertion that advocacy based negotiation is how we make decisions — by default. This is ironic because we say we want informed decisions based on...
by barrager | Oct 13, 2012 | Bayesian, collaborative design, Decision Analysis, Decision coaching, Framing strategic decisions, Organizational learning, Process, Strategic Design
Nate Silver’s new book is required reading for decision coaches. Nate Silver is a Bayesian. He is also bringing structured modeling and probabilistic thinking to the world of political pundits and pollsters. The title of his new book is, “The Signal and...
by barrager | May 5, 2012 | Analytics, Barrager, Chris Argyris, Collaboration, collaborative design, Decision Analysis, Decision coaching, Design, Framing strategic decisions, Organizational learning, Process, Skills, Strategic Design, Tools
The late Stephen Covey, author of “7 Habits of Highly Successful People,” wrote one last book, “The 3rd Alternative” before he died. In the book Covey makes the case that when faced with virtually any dilemma we can usually find a 3rd path....
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...
