Group Decision Making Overview

Decision making happens four ways.

The most consequential is the least understood.

No options.

Decision-making is defined as choosing among options. But few strategic decisions come with pre-built options.

Design then decide.

Many require the goals and actions to be designed before a decision to implement them can be made.

Me then we.

Decision-making research has focused on individual decision-making (IDM) more than group decision-making (GDM).

The little cousin.

Within GDM, how to help groups choose among options (GDM-Choice) has received most attention.
How groups design options when none exist (GDM-Design) has had the least development.

An immature discipline.

Lacking formal GDM-Design concepts and methods, groups have had to derive their own approaches.

A performance blindspot.

This is problematic when GDM-Design is how most future-defining goals and actions are identified.
It has left most leaders unable to explain how to conduct Group Design - taking a group from an initiating signal through to the best possible response.

Errors cascade.

The inaccuracy and incompleteness in a group's proposed goals and actions become waste, rework, lost value, and missed opportunity at the operational and tactical layers.

Applied research.

SchellingPoint conducts real-time research on GDM-Design.
We translate the insights into an approach groups can use to design the optimal goals and actions.

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Group Decision Making Overview

Decision making happens four ways.

No options.

Design then decide.

Me then we.

The little cousin.

An immature discipline.

A performance blindspot.

Errors cascade.

Applied research.

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Group Decision Making Overview

Decision making happens four ways.

No options.

Design then decide.

Me then we.

The little cousin.

An immature discipline.

A performance blindspot.

Errors cascade.

Applied research.

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Current Approaches

Decision Triggers

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