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In Praise of Doubt
We want to see confidence … but we first need candor.
Weighing Resilience
Value, Risk… and Flexibility. In turbulent times, decision makers need flexibility when selecting the best solution.
Getting What We Paid For
Experience comes at a high cost, but we usually fail to learn all we should.
Fence-Sitting As A Virtue
Your objective advisors are your undecided advisors. Once they have an opinion, you can't put the toothpaste back in the tube.
Tripped-Up
When teams "put their best foot forward," perceptions are distorted and downsides are clouded.
Two Moves Ahead
Anticipating our competitors' response is our all too common blind spot.
The Sheep In Wolf’s Clothing
The Devil’s Advocate is a centuries old technique for improving group decisions, elegant in its simplicity, widely used… and doesn’t work.
The Perfect Crime
When a team skips proven brainstorming steps, even a loser solution can seem like a ‘no-brainer.’
Building a Better 2019
There's a new window of opportunity to make positive changes in strategic decision processes.