#45 – MAKING DECISIONS THAT WORK FOR YOU! – ED PERKINS

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThere is a lot of literature written on decision making, ‘how to’, best practices, process, factors and so to follow to make ‘good’ decisions.  We have been exploring ‘risk based’  decision making in these blogs.  We have looked at factors, process, frameworks, psychology and bias.

But we have not discussed perhaps the most important aspect of any decision – implementation or that double edged word ‘execution.’  (Of course this assumes that the decision maker wants something to actually happen as a result of the decision, but that is a topic for another day).

Let’s use the nicer word – Implementation – which implies there is a course of ACTION, with a timeframe for results to be produced or to occur. Continue reading

#41 – HOW TO MAKE SMARTER DECISIONS – GREG HUTCHINS

Greg Hutchins pixDid we get it all wrong?  Wow!  This could break our business model.  Let me explain:

We developed Certified Enterprise Risk Manager® and all of our risk IP based on a simple fact.  We live in VUCA time (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity).  We based our business business model on providing:

#38 – IMPROVEMENT AS SIMPLE AS ABC … D – DAVIS BALESTRACCI

Portrait-DavisTwenty-five years ago, I learned a wonderfully simple model summarizing the four stages of a change process, whether personal or organizational.

  • Awareness
  • Breakthrough in knowledge
  • Choosing a breakthrough in thinking
  • Demonstrating a consistent breakthrough in behavior Continue reading

#36 -READING THE RISK TEA LEAVES – BETTY KILDOW

While reading tea leaves (tasseography) won’t give us all the answers about the future of risk management, it is interesting to ponder what continuing and new risk trends 2014 may bring.

RISK TRENDS
Risk in its many forms has been and continues to be a hot topic for all types of businesses and organizations.  It has been and will continue to be a cause celebre, a topic du jour, though perhaps in some new and different ways.  Reading the tea leaves, I see some interesting things on the horizon. Continue reading

#31 – DEMING NOT JUST A QUALITY GURU – A BUSINESS GURU – T. DAN NELSON

T. Dan Nelson - Screen Shot 2013-09-06 at 8.16.28 PMBy the late 80s, it became apparent that Japanese cars were in many ways superior to their American counterparts. They were often more reliable and durable and they got better gas mileage. They were of superior quality. They often still are.

To what do the Japanese attribute their success?  The teachings of W. Edwards Deming.  The Japanese listened to Deming when Americans would not. Continue reading