Decision Making Articles

A Meeting Participant Has the Right to Expect Ten Deliverables

Even lousy movies and novels have three components: a beginning, a middle, and an end. A meeting participant (or ceremony, event, session, or workshop) should expect every session they attend to...

How To Facilitate Vague Indicators into SMART Measures and Criteria

Meeting participants don't argue about verbs and nouns, they argue about modifiers. Modifiers include adjectives, adverbs, and prepositions. For example... Facilitating the transformation of vague...

Facilitation Best Practices – 26 Articles To Help You Lead Better Meetings

For over ten years, we have consistently posted articles on Facilitation Best Practices. Articles are written to help you lead better meetings. Throughout, we have updated these articles to keep...

Remember the WHY Before the WHAT – An Integrative Problem Solving Framework and Agenda

Searching for a problem solving approach proven to work in a variety of situations? Whether you’re a group of highly paid nuclear physicists designing a new multimillion-dollar scanner or a group...

How To Facilitate Vague Indicators into SMART Measures and Criteria

Sep 7, 2023 | Decision Making, Meeting Structure, Meeting Tools, Prioritizing

Meeting participants don't argue about verbs and nouns, they argue about modifiers. Modifiers include adjectives,...

Facilitation Best Practices – 26 Articles To Help You Lead Better Meetings

Aug 12, 2021 | Analysis Methods, Communication Skills, Decision Making, Facilitation Skills, Leadership Skills, Managing Conflict, Meeting Agendas, Meeting Structure, Meeting Support, Meeting Tools, Planning Approach, Problem Solving, Scrum Events

For over ten years, we have consistently posted articles on Facilitation Best Practices. Articles are written to help...

Remember the WHY Before the WHAT – An Integrative Problem Solving Framework and Agenda

Nov 9, 2020 | Analysis Methods, Decision Making, Meeting Structure, Meeting Tools, Problem Solving

Searching for a problem solving approach proven to work in a variety of situations? Whether you’re a group of highly...

Your Meeting Pathway to Success and Supplemental Workshop Canvas

Analysis Methods, Decision Making, Meeting Agendas, Meeting Structure, Meeting Tools, Planning Approach, Problem Solving

Over the years, students and alumni have clamored for a simple reference sheet of our curriculum and how to prepare...

How to Facilitate Speakers and Conference Presentations

Analysis Methods, Decision Making, Meeting Agendas, Meeting Structure, Meeting Tools, Planning Approach, Problem Solving

During a four-day conference, we facilitated more than 20 speakers and varying presentations, each citing distinctive...

Do NOT Attempt a Design Sprint Without a Professional Facilitator

Decision Making, Meeting Structure, Meeting Tools, Scrum Events

What is a Design Sprint? Created at Google Ventures, a Design Sprint represents a methodology that helps teams...

Real-Win-Worth — Screening Method for Complex Decision-Making

Analysis Methods, Decision Making, Meeting Agendas, Meeting Structure, Meeting Tools

Earlier we defined “best” as projects that scored favorably in an Innovation test by looking at the relative...

What is TRIZ, When You Should You Use It, and Stop Doing the Counterproductive

Analysis Methods, Decision Making, Prioritizing, Problem Solving

TRIZ represents a methodology focused on innovative processes or product improvement. Use it when you need innovative...

How to Facilitate an After-Action Review (AAR or Hot Wash): Agenda and Tips

Analysis Methods, Decision Making

Use an After-Action Review (AAR) for debriefing a project, program, or other initiatives. Some call an After-Action...

Quantitative SWOT Analysis (TO-WS) Makes it Easier & Faster to Build Consensus

Analysis Methods, Decision Making, Meeting Structure, Prioritizing

Quantitative SWOT analysis contrasts the internal, controllable aspects of the organization (i.e., Strengths and...

Lead and Facilitate Root Cause Analysis that Leads Directly to Innovation

Decision Making, Prioritizing, Problem Solving

By using root cause analysis, you can develop Critical to Quality (CTQ), Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and...

Use the Fist of Five to Test for Consensus on Contextual Issues

Decision Making, Meeting Support, Meeting Tools

The Fist of Five approach combines the speed of thumbs up/ down and displays the degrees of agreement that can support...

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