Posts Tagged ‘options’
Scenario Planning & Plan B
Leadership: Scenario Planning and Plan B Life, John Lennon indicates, is what happens when we are making other plans. Man plans, God laughs. – Jewish adage Yes, we have already experienced a long, long list of things we never saw coming in the first six months of 2020: impeachment, pandemic, school campuses closed, sports cancelled,…
Read MoreDecision Making in Uncertain Times
Decision Making in Uncertain Times Education depends on tradition. Making change is hard work and time consuming. As one famous quote says “Change has as its enemy all those who have done well under the old system and has as lukewarm friends those who might do well under the new.” Reopening School With COVID-19, change…
Read MoreFarsighted – improving our decision making
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,…
Read MoreBriefing Papers: Best decision making tool ever
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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