Community Voice

By Larry Nyland | July 15, 2021 | Comments Off on Community Voice
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Creating Equitable Community Voice  “A master class” in equity.  “On fire.” “Bringing justice.” “Concrete and Precise.”  Those are a few of the accolades for Dr. Gloria Henderson’s presentation, Advancing an Equity Policy, at a recent conference.   In a time of intense conflict, Dr. Henderson creates an open and honest community wide dialogue on racial equity. …

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Farsighted – improving our decision making

By Larry Nyland | May 20, 2020 | Comments Off on Farsighted – improving our decision making
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Book Review: Farsighted: How we make the decisions that matter most by Steven Johnson Big decisions.  Long term decisions. Those with consequences.  Author Steven Johnson says we are wired for short term, not long-term, decisions.  Read this book for ideas on how to make better long term decisions.  Not quite as on target for COVID-19,…

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Briefing Papers: Best decision making tool ever

By Larry Nyland | December 24, 2019 | Comments Off on Briefing Papers: Best decision making tool ever
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Best Tool Ever … The Briefing Paper $100M Wonder: I first learned about briefing papers at an AASA conference 40 years ago.  The presenter, Bill Banach, claimed they were worth a million dollars.  Since then I have proven them effective with $8M, $35M and $100M projects. No, they don’t manufacture money, but they come close.…

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