Category: decision making

Framework for Evidence Assessment

📈 Assessment Criteria and Evidence by Process Category 1.1 Strategic Alignment· Evidence to Seek: Documented strategic plans, cascaded department/team objectives, communication materials.· Sufficient Evidence: A high-quality strategy map or objective tree showing a clear, logical cascade from vision to actionable team goals (Moderate). Validation through employee surveys showing >80% understanding of how their work contributes… Read More

Universal Process Classification Framework

These categories represent the highest-level view of an end-to-end enterprise. The assessment criteria are key performance indicators (KPIs) that organizations typically use to measure the effectiveness, efficiency, and output quality of each process category. Key Application: This framework allows organizations to map their processes, identify gaps, and benchmark performance against industry standards using these common… Read More

Miller’s 7 + or – 2 and Simon’s Bounded Rationality

We structure our approach to Gap Analysis mindful of two of the most foundational ideas in cognitive psychology and behavioral economics. Here’s a breakdown of how Miller’s “Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two” relates to and helped shape the theory of Bounded Rationality. 1. Miller’s Law (1956) · What it is: George A. Miller’s… Read More

Paved with good intentions

This is not the first time we have seen poorly thought through policy end badly. Witness the venture of insulation in roofing being subsidized. Good intent. Poor premising. Worse implementation. Resulting in unqualified installations and fatalities. More recently, one has to question the scenario analysis underpinning the battery subsidization scheme. Was there any? Is so,… Read More

How is AI useful?

“History offers a clear warning that authoritarianism often advances gradually through the subversion of democratic institutions, but it also provides a well-documented playbook for successful opposition, centered on unified pro-democracy coalitions, strategic nonviolent action, and the vigilant defense of institutional norms . Below summarizes the common tactics identified by researchers as part of the modern… Read More

The heat is on …

No, not the 1980s soundtrack … though that was fun. As we move into summer, we are reminded of a chilling fact. Heat kills more people than other extreme events. The second point worth reflection here is that “natural disasters” are not natural. The extreme event might (or might not) be caused by “nature”, for… Read More

Free Disaster Risk Assessor App

Use our free app to map and explore how you are at risk. We also use it as a “pre-read” lead into our business continuity workshops. Hazards are not equally significant. Google Store https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.disaster.risk&hl=en_AU&gl=US Apple Store https://apps.apple.com/au/app/disaster-risk-assessor/id6443818654

Shut happens

The hospitality industry invests heavily on having bumper weekends. They’re the days everyone is “out and about”. Except … when you can’t be “up and at em”. And today was like that for many popular venues in our area. There might be lessons for the day – there might be lessons from the day. Especially… Read More

We assess risk to manage it better

Good apps help people find the best answers by asking the right questions. Hopefully our two recent releases do precisely that! Disaster Risk Assessor Apple https://apps.apple.com/au/app/disaster-risk-assessor/id6443818654 Google https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.disaster.risk We assess #risk so we can #manage it better. #Disaster #Management is about #decisions in #uncertainty. Our recently released free apps support you do this by leveraging… Read More