How Different People See Quantity vs Quality Debate
Posted on26 Oct 2015
Tagsdecision-making process, phraseology, problem solving, quality, quantity, Real-time personality assessment, special forces, word choice
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People fall on the quantity vs quality debate differently. There are quantity-oriented personalities (QN) and quality-oriented ones (QL). They differ on how... Read More
Family Business Decision Making Tips
Posted on08 Jun 2015
Tagsdecision-making process, decisions, families, Personality, relationships, family business, change leadership
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Family businesses are webs of relationships. These work outside of formal lines of command. Some family members do not make decisions. That... Read More
Key Trait in Good Decision Makers
Posted on20 Apr 2015
TagsBenjamin Graham, Lian Pleven, Wall Street Journal, consensus, knowledge, emotions, decisions, decision-making process
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Once I asked an executive and his management team five questions about a plan. After a half hour, they had pretty much... Read More
With More Power Less Thinking Occurs?
Posted on22 Jan 2015
TagsLeadership - The Secret Series, leadership dark side, Forbes, thinking process, risk, power, leadership, empathy, decision-making process, confidence, competence
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Life gives all forces good and bad aspects. Breathing gives life. It also causes aging. Gravity prevents us from flying. It allows... Read More
Apocalyptic Decision Making – Dealing with Uncertainty
When four horsemen of apocalyptic decision making (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity [VUCA]) confront us, we tend to avoid them. We avoid... Read More
The Untold Secret of Best Practices
Processes trigger our emotions for security, for certainty. All too often processes become the end, not outcomes. Providers of all kinds, from... Read More
Excessive Collaboration, “Let Me Do My Job!”
At the outset, great ideas succeed because there is adherence to their fundamental concepts, processes and techniques. Over time though, commercial pressures... Read More
Breaking through Consensus
Consensus retards dynamic solutions. For example, Regina Dugan and Kaigham Gabriel write in “‘Special Forces’ Innovation: How DARPA* Attacks Problems” (Harvard Business... Read More
Board War Games Superior to High-tech Simulations
Posted on10 Apr 2014
TagsThe Matrix, alternatives, complexity, computer simulations, computers, creativity, decision-making process, low-tech, military, quantify, rules, The Economist, think outside the box
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Computer games have all but wiped out regular board games. Why then, do American military officials rely more on board games to... Read More
Emotions vs Intuition (Pt 2): Operational Difference
Emotions drive our energies in a particular direction. Intuition interprets that direction similar to the way thinking interprets facts. Unlike emotions, intuition... Read More
