Three Essential Questions of Big Data: What? So What? Now What?
Three Essential Questions of Big Data: What? So What? Now What?

When you’re overwhelmed by an onslaught of big data stop and answer three essential questions: What? So what? Now what? This will help you get a handle on the data,…

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Reaching Consensus: Lessons from the Iowa Caucus
Reaching Consensus: Lessons from the Iowa Caucus

Utilize the right decision making process for the situation. Different situations require different leadership approaches. Often it’s important to have a bias for action – as in a crisis. Other…

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Supercommittee Classic Level Three Failure in Decision Making
Supercommittee Classic Level Three Failure in Decision Making

  The United States Congress Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction would have had to publish its plan yesterday to meet the vote deadline of tomorrow.  They did not.  It's…

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Managing the Toxic Team Member
Managing the Toxic Team Member

One of the comments I received after my last post was that I was waxing too philosophical.Guilty as charged, and I was unabashedly so. But I don't want this blog…

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Decision Making When It Matters
Decision Making When It Matters

At the end of the year, I’d like to shift gears and not talk directly about leadership or onboarding.  I would like to share some thoughts about decisions and decision-making.  …

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