by barrager | Jan 31, 2020 | Barrager, Decision Coaching, decision engineering
It is beginning to feel like the excitement about Big Data is peaking. Thanks to the digitial transformation we are now able to collect enormous amounts of raw information (data) about people and how they spend their time on line. This information is vitally important...
by barrager | Mar 24, 2019 | Barrager, Decision Coaching, decision engineering, Uncategorized
A decision engineer has mastered the following: decision theory, the decision analysis process, system dynamics (modeling), applied probability, and design These are the skills needed to make decisions involving complexity, dynamics, and uncertainty. For example,...
by barrager | Feb 20, 2019 | Barrager, Decision Coaching, decision engineering
Strategic decision making is a team sport. The team approach benefits are well known. There is nothing as rewarding as working with a motivated, talented team that knows what it is doing, why it is doing it, and how it is going to measure success. There is nothing as...
by barrager | Jul 3, 2018 | Barrager, Decision Coaching, decision engineering
Vince Barabba has had a long and illustrious career collecting information and serving it up to important decision makers. He is the rare person who can develop a theory, jump into the real world and test it, and then back off and reflect on what worked and what did...
by barrager | Jan 29, 2018 | Barrager, Decision Coaching, decision engineering
A decision engineer is an engineer who helps people make better decisions.The roots of decision engineering lie in the teachings of Peter Drucker, Edwards Deming, Bill Linvill (Stanford), Ron Howard (Stanford), and Chris Argyris (Harvard.) The field rests on more...
by barrager | Jul 30, 2017 | Barrager, Decision Coaching, decision engineering
Critical thinking is the foundation skill for any profession. Most of us in the engineering professions learn critical thinking skills from our science and math teachers. We also learn them from our professional mentors and experience. In this time when critical...