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Voting Sucks Because it Leads to Bigger Numbers but Lower Quality Decisions

Western society, and to an increasing amount, the rest of the world, depends on the voting method of decision-making. Various levels of government including federal, state, and local elections rely...

How to Facilitate Olympic Scoring – Innovative Ideas & Concepts

The Purpose of Olympic Scoring is to extract some consensually validated new product, process, or other innovative ideas or concepts while encouraging 100 percent participation. The following is...

Methodological Awareness About Deming’s 14 Points of Continuous Improvement

Every minute somewhere, someone refers to Deming’s term SMART (i.e., Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-Based). Lesser known, however frequently copied, you will find his philosophy of...

Appreciate the Value of Argumentation and Meeting Argumentation

A strong facilitator should understand and appreciate the value of argumentation, specifically meeting argumentation. She should understand the holarchial nature of business and align people...

How to Facilitate Prioritization and Build Consensus Quickly (or, MoSCoW)

Jul 28, 2016 | Decision Making, Meeting Structure, Prioritizing

Strongly encouraged by Steve Jobs, as mentioned in his biography by Walter Isaacson, here is how to facilitate...

Facilitate Consensual Prioritization Using a Perceptual Map

Mar 3, 2016 | Decision Making, Meeting Structure, Meeting Tools

A perceptual map works well when the PowerBall approach is not robust enough, yet many of your attributes and criteria...

Data Transformation — How to convert a single piece of data into a visual display of 16 elements

Dec 17, 2015 | Decision Making, Meeting Tools

With data transformation, each piece of data or single cell might be decomposed into another layer. Amplify this...

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