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The 6 key mistakes executives make in risk management
By now, every executive in business recognises the term “Black Swans” as representing low probability, high impact events. However, many do not know how to handle them in ther management of risk. There is an HBR article by Taleb, Goldstein … Continue reading →
Posted in Decision related material, Scenario analysis support, Strategy - general
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Tagged black swan, risk, strategic decision
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Group decision making – when does a group actually decide?
There is an interesting blog called “Rethinking Complexity” that I occasionally read. Recently there was an article I found interesting that discussed decision making in groups. The nub of the article is that there is an inflection point when “diverging” … Continue reading →
A Boardroom Fable – Making Better Decisions
A Boardroom Fable How Gail saves the company and Brad saves his reputation Taking strategic decisions in complex environments is one of the toughest, and most important jobs, of any Executive in both the public and private sectors. Taking good … Continue reading →
Posted in Decision related material, Strategy - general, Values in decision making
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Tagged complexity, insight, strategic decision, value
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The Economist: Global Economic Forecast – March 2012
Latest global economic forecast From The Economist March 2012 The Economist Intelligence Unit have just published their latest economic forecast so I thought I would bring it to your attention. There is a powerpoint version and a slightly more detailed … Continue reading →
Decisions and leadership meet technology and crowds
Leadership and decision-making meet technology, collaboration and crowds. When I publish an article (or in this case a broadcast), I normally try and summarise it so that my too-busy readers are able to get the gist of what is being … Continue reading →
How do you measure success and your life?
Priorities, metrics and values. In decisions and in life! The World Economic Forum is over and it appropriately included a degree of soul-searching and even an admittance that mistakes had been made. This has been a good lead-in to my deliberations as I … Continue reading →
World Economic Forum 2012 .. some thoughts
Davos 2012. Some thoughts on the WEF conference Having trawled through many of the summaries, videos, tweets and other reports on the conference, I am trying to pull together my overall feelings and perceptions about the 2012 Davos conference. There … Continue reading →
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Tagged Davos, decision, Scwab, WEF, YGL
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Gaining Understanding from Data Visualization
Gaining understanding from data visualization An interesting (video) overview of data visualisation and its power to influence decisions from the World Economic Forum Ideas Lab in 2011 Gaining Understanding from Data Visualization | World Economic Forum-Gaining Understanding from Data Visualization.
WEF Global Risks 2012
World Economic Forum Global Risks 2012 Report As we lead up to the annual WEF Davos meeting (The Great Transformation: Shaping New Models) starting this week, I thought I would bring to your attention their latest global risk report. Any … Continue reading →
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Surviving and thriving in the global economic crisis
Leadership and strategic decision-making in the global economic crisis The global economic crisis is impacting on almost every organisation in one form or other. From a decision making perspective, there are two broad ways in which we are impacted We … Continue reading →
