Archive for the 'Decision Making' Category

Would That Decision-Making Trilemmas Were Three-headed Zoological Oddities.

Saturday, April 24th, 2010

Mr. Niall Ferguson (2010APR23 Wall Street Journal) sums up the U.S. post-crisis financial regulation as a “trilemma” that could optimize to any two of three, but not all three: (a) efficient capital markets; (b) no bailouts to big banks; or (c) a depression-free economy.  ( Mr. Ferguson further  warns against a delusional proposition that bigger [...]

Goals, failures, success

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

People are apt to make change decisions – real shifts – only if uncomfortable with their current position

Leadership in Complex Fluxes

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Leadership in a complex environment does not have to be complex itself. It cannot be complex. Here’s a model you can put in your backpocket.

The analyst’s acuity. A humorist’s irony. Hearing the silence between the notes. Seeing both object and space, in minimalist and in Japanese art. Holding to the values beyond conflicting goals; reaching for the larger frame beyond the crisis. Spotting the patterns, navigating the chaos. How to think, how to manage.

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