by barrager | Apr 30, 2015 | Decision Coaching, decision engineering
Decision engineers know that inappropriate framing is the root cause of most bad decisions. Yet framing is a new concept to many people. The following story illustrates how important our framing is. “A man came across three masons who were working at chipping chunks...
by barrager | Apr 19, 2015 | Decision Coaching, decision engineering
There is an important distinction between “framestorming” and “brainstorming.” Brainstorming is about solving a problem. Framestorming is about formulating the problem. Framestorming is what we do when we don’t know what the problem is.
by barrager | Apr 7, 2015 | Decision Coaching, decision engineering
What process does your company use to make big decisions? Decisions like the ones shown in the McKinsey survey on the left: new products, new services, new geographic areas, or new infrastructure. Edwards Deming said that if you don’t have a process then you...