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Failing decisions

Submitted :   Tue, Oct 07 2008, 07:37

Good outcomes are the result of three factors: Quality of the decision, quality of the execution, and chance.    Quality of a decision comes down to a correct assessment of the ability to execute and the element of chance (which includes risk).  Qualit... http://decisionworld.net/?p=67

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An Olympic Decision

Submitted :   Wed, Aug 20 2008, 08:44

We've created a new site, OlympicDecision, to highlight the current International Olympic Committee process around choosing a host city for the 2016 Summer Olympics. The finalists are Chicago, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro, and Madrid. We built a collaborati... http://decisionworld.net/?p=64

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Decison Digest 08/14/2008

Submitted :   Thu, Aug 14 2008, 11:28

From turning down the Beatles to failing to recognize Microsoft's potential, there have been some seriously bad decisions made in the business world. Neatorama has reprinted The Stupidest Business Decisions in History. ----------------------------... http://decisionworld.net/?p=57

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Electioneering: Framing the context

Submitted :   Thu, Aug 07 2008, 19:56

Choosing the president has little to do with qualifications.  The vast majority of the electorate (informed or uninformed, intelligent or dumb, educated or not, rich or poor) has little sense of what the president does, let alone what would make one p... http://decisionworld.net/?p=63

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What Matters in a Veep?

Submitted :   Thu, Jul 31 2008, 14:10

Washington DC's favorite quadrennial parlor game is underway. Who will Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain choose as their running mates? While the needs of Obama and McCain are vastly different, the structure of their decisions are essentially the... http://decisionworld.net/?p=58

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Transactional Poutology

Submitted :   Tue, Mar 04 2008, 07:54

Cooperation and collaboration may rival computers and communications technology as the most improved aspects of business in the past 50 years.   Optimists hope that management by fiat, grunts, and growls will sometime soon be fully replaced by a conscio... http://decisionworld.net/?p=50

[More related posts here] tags :  business efficiency ,   collaboration ,   consensus ,   decision biases ,   groupthink ,   poutology ,   priority ,   team management ,   transaction costs

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Data Bigot

Submitted :   Fri, Feb 22 2008, 15:38

There are three kind of data bigots out there: 1. Those who think their data is precise and torture it to justify any decision they've subconsciously already made. 2. Those who think their data is imprecise and then ignore it to justify a decisio... http://decisionworld.net/?p=47

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The Politics of Decision Making

Submitted :   Thu, Feb 21 2008, 10:57

A company of two has politics in its decision making.  These office politics grow as the number of employees grows.  To examine this, let's separate between three types of office politics: 1. Those that arise from specialization of functional skills; 2. Th... http://decisionworld.net/?p=45

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B12 C8 B8 C? B?

Submitted :   Fri, Feb 08 2008, 21:40

The function that is the title of this post represents the possibility of a wicked infinite regression in American politics: Bush I was in the White House for 12 years (8 as VP). Clinton for 8 years. Bush II has a year left in his 8. Now the card... http://decisionworld.net/?p=40

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Decision Digest: From Rumsfeld to Lord Bryce

Submitted :   Fri, Feb 08 2008, 16:43

Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld lists his rules for life, politics, and business here. One recommendation for business is to decentralize and move decision-making down and out in the organization. Hat Tip: Andrew at How To Get Better Busi... http://decisionworld.net/?p=39

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