MENLO PARK, Calif. (June 13, 2023) – Strategic Decisions Group (SDG), a boutique management consulting firm specializing in the application of decision science to complex corporate challenges, has been named to the Forbes list of America’s Best Management Consulting Firms in the category of Finance and Risk Management. The Forbes list was developed through two …Read More…

Bruce Judd, a longtime educator and practice leader with Strategic Decisions Group, was the recipient this year of the most prestigious award from the Society of Decision Professionals. MENLO PARK, Calif. – April 27, 2022 – Management consulting firm Strategic Decisions Group (SDG), announced today that Dr. Bruce Judd, a member of the firm since …Read More…

MENLO PARK, Calif. (April 26, 2022) – For the seventh consecutive year, Strategic Decisions Group (SDG) has been named to the Forbes list of America’s Best Management Consulting Firms. The firm was recognized for its work in finance, risk management, and strategy. To compile its list, Forbes worked with market research company Statista to survey …Read More…

Strategic Decisions Group, a leading management consulting firm, and Deep Seed Solutions, developer of deepwater artificial intelligence software, have teamed up to address a longstanding challenge in the deepwater offshore development process: generating value-enhancing, realistic alternatives. MENLO PARK, Calif. – March 10, 2022 – Strategic Decisions Group (SDG), a leading management consulting firm, and Deep …Read More…

Marcy B. Conn has three decades of experience in management consulting and leading-edge education. She joins Strategic Decisions Group as a partner with responsibility for leading the firm’s global executive education practice. MENLO PARK, Calif. – March 1, 2022 – Management consulting firm Strategic Decisions Group (SDG) announced today that Marcy B. Conn has joined …Read More…

Experienced aerospace executive Robert Cone has expertise in project management, business development, and operations at NASA and in the private sector. He joins Strategic Decisions Group as a business development director with responsibility for growing the firm’s aerospace business in North America. MENLO PARK, Calif. – February 3, 2022 – Management consulting firm Strategic Decisions …Read More…

Management consulting firm Strategic Decisions Group has opened a Denver office in support of its technology and aerospace clients in the region. Jennifer Meyer, who leads the firm’s North American consulting practice, will head the office.   MENLO PARK, California (January 6, 2022) – Management consulting firm Strategic Decisions Group (SDG) announced today that it …Read More…

Management consulting firm Strategic Decisions Group, which celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2021, has announced donations to two nonprofit organizations that share the firm’s mission to improve decision-making practices worldwide. MENLO PARK, California (October 28, 2021) – Management consultancy Strategic Decisions Group (SDG) has made a donation in honor of its anniversary to two nonprofit …Read More…

William Leaf-Herrmann has more than 25 years of experience as a strategic advisor to senior executives in life sciences. He joins Strategic Decisions Group as a partner with responsibility for growing the firm’s Life Sciences Practice in North America. MENLO PARK, Calif. – Sept. 28, 2021 – Management consulting firm Strategic Decisions Group (SDG) has …Read More…

Management consulting firm Strategic Decisions Group has opened a Houston office in support of its energy transition and technology clients in the region. Sang-Won Kim, head of the firm’s energy practice since 2020, will lead the office. MENLO PARK, California (August 30, 2021) – Management consulting firm Strategic Decisions Group (SDG) announced today that it …Read More…

MENLO PARK, Calif. (June 1, 2021) – Strategic Decisions Group was named to the Forbes list of America’s Best Management Consulting Firms for 2021. The list is based on ratings of 230 firms in 16 industry sectors and 16 functional areas. It marks the sixth year SDG has made the Forbes list. SDG was recognized …Read More…

MENLO PARK, California – May 24, 2021 – J. Eric Bickel, a partner and member of the board of directors of management consulting firm Strategic Decisions Group (SDG), has received the Fawn and Vijay Mahajan Teaching Excellence Award for Executive Education, the firm reported today. The award recognizes outstanding contributions to non-degree executive education programs …Read More…

MENLO PARK, California – November 18, 2020 – Management consulting firm Strategic Decisions Group (SDG) has announced new leadership responsibilities for three partners in the US and Europe. Sang-Won Kim leads the firm’s global energy practice. Deepak Veeraraghavan leads the global life science practice and the firm’s strategy consulting practice in Europe. Jennifer Meyer leads …Read More…

Dr. Mark Seidler has three decades of experience as a strategic advisor to senior executives in Europe, North America, and Asia. He has led the firm’s European operations since 2012. MENLO PARK, Calif. – October 20, 2020 – Management consulting firm Strategic Decisions Group (SDG) today announced that Mark Seidler has been named as Chief …Read More…

MENLO PARK, Calif.—June 17, 2019—Strategic Decisions Group congratulates China Mobile as the fourth recipient of the Raiffa-Howard Award for Organizational Decision Quality presented by the Society of Decision Professionals. The award acknowledges the company’s excellence in applying the principles of decision quality (DQ) throughout the organization. “We congratulate the team at China Mobile for this …Read More…

SAN FRANCISCO and TORONTO—28 February 2019—Strategic Decisions Group (SDG), a leading management consulting firm, and Powernoodle®, providers of the premier decision engagement solution, today announced a business alliance focused on transforming the significant “everyday decisions” faced in global organizations. SDG brings new innovations in decision processes and decision quality resulting from years of applied experience. …Read More…

New Entity Will Advise Companies on Strategy, Risk Management, and Finding New Opportunities to Create Value from Strategic Decision Making November 6, 2018 – US-based management consulting firm Strategic Decisions Group and Canada-based engineering firm Engcomp announced today that the two companies have formed a strategic alliance to advise Canadian companies in mining and related …Read More…

Carl Spetzler, founder and CEO of management consulting firm Strategic Decisions Group (SDG), will deliver the opening presentation at the London Decision Quality Conference taking place in London November 5 – 6. Dr. Spetzler will present “What is DQ and Why is it Important” at the two-day conference, organized by the London Decision Quality Group, the …Read More…

SAN MATEO, California [August 17, 2018] – Strategic Decisions Group, Texas Executive Education at The University of Texas Austin, and the University of Stavanger are pleased to announce that two courses from the Texas Executive Education Strategic Decision and Risk Management Certificate Program will be made available in Norway on the University of Stavanger campus …Read More…

Achieving Strategic Decision Quality, a course available as part of the Strategic Decision and Risk Management certificate program offered by Texas Executive Education at The University of Texas at Austin, is now available online. Achieving Strategic Decision Quality is the only required course in the certificate curriculum. Students who complete courses totaling six credits earn …Read More…

SAN MATEO, Calif. (August 1, 2017) – Strategic Decisions Group is one of America’s Best Management Consulting Firms, according to Forbes. The list is based on ratings of 235 firms in 15 industries and 16 functional areas, such as strategy, HR consulting, and supply chain management. It is the second year SDG has made the Forbes list. …Read More…

A global executive at F. Hoffman-La Roche delivered insights into the complex emerging market for biosimilars at an INFORMS conference held recently in Las Vegas. Jenn Bonilla PhD, Global Head of Business Insights, Operations, and Established Products at F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd., discussed the entrance of new competition from biosimilars and the challenge of predicting business impact …Read More…

Harvard Business Review has featured an article from Strategic Decisions Group partner Peter Hopper, who leads the firm’s Asia operations, and his colleague Jugnu Sakuja. Their article, “A 4-Step Process to Help Senior Teams Prioritize Decisions,” discusses how senior leaders and their teams can benefit from an approach that treats decisions as a deliberately structured workstream. Using the …Read More…

SAN MATEO, Calif. (March 13, 2017) — Naoki Shimoda, a partner at management consulting firm Strategic Decisions Group (SDG), and Chris Lang of Texas-based Golden Spread Electric Cooperative (GSEC) will speak about the electric cooperative’s progress toward implementing organizational decision quality at the SDP 2017 DAAG Conference in New Orleans this week. Shimoda and Lang …Read More…

SAN MATEO, Calif. (February 8, 2017) – Global management consulting firm Strategic Decisions Group (SDG) of San Mateo, California, renowned for its expertise in decision making for greater value creation, announced today that CEO Carl Spetzler and partner and managing director Bruce Judd will lead a pre-conference workshop, “Building Organizational Decision Quality,” at the upcoming …Read More…

For years, consumer brands have moved their production location from country to country, chasing the cheapest source of labor. But as the business environment changes and companies reap the benefits of robotics and technology advances, low wages is not the only determining factor. In the January/February 2017 issue of Supply Chain Asia, SDG’s sourcing expert Peter Hopper explores the economic …Read More…

PALO ALTO, Calif. – (November 14, 2016) Management consulting firm Strategic Decisions Group and Texas Executive Education located at The University of Texas at Austin have launched the Strategic Decision and Risk Management certificate program, a new program designed to teach decision-making skills to a broad spectrum of executives and mid-career professionals. The program focuses on …Read More…

PALO ALTO, Calif. – September 21, 2016 – Management consulting firm Strategic Decisions Group (SDG) announced today that Sandra J. Wrobel, partner and managing director, will be a keynote speaker at PSA: The Pharmaceutical Strategy Conference. The conference is Sept. 28-30 in New York. Ms. Wrobel, an expert in product and portfolio investment strategies in global …Read More…

The global oil market is experiencing a structural shift. Faced with a rapid price decline, large oil-producing countries have moved to protect their market share with the hopes of permanently removing expensive supply from the market. Meanwhile, the ability of the US shale oil producers to respond quickly to positive price signals puts downward pressure on prices. On the demand side, advances in renewable …Read More…

Strategic Decisions Group joins the decision practitioner community in mourning the death of Dr. Howard Raiffa, 92. Dr. Raiffa died Friday at his home in Arizona following a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. “With the passing of Howard Raiffa, we recognize and celebrate his vast contributions to the field of decision analysis,” said Dr. Carl …Read More…

PALO ALTO, Calif. – June 13, 2016 – Management consulting firm Strategic Decisions Group (SDG) announced today that Randy Krotowski, a former Fortune 100 CIO, has joined the firm as a principal consultant. Krotowski has more than 30 years of experience in business and technology, and was CIO for Caterpillar, Inc., and Chevron Global Upstream. …Read More…

Harvard Business Review has featured an article from Strategic Decisions Group CEO Carl Spetzler and Peter Hopper, who leads the firm’s Hong Kong office. Their article, “You Can’t Make Good Predictions Without Embracing Uncertainty,” discusses how too often experts labor to produce exquisitely precise and specific scenarios of how the future will unfold, shrugging off uncertainty on …Read More…

May 9, 2016 – Strategic Decisions Group is one of America’s Best Management Consulting Firms, according to Forbes. The list is based on ratings of more than 250 firms in 15 industries and 16 functional areas, such as strategy, HR consulting, and supply chain management. “We are particularly pleased to become part of the Forbes …Read More…

Increasingly, power system outages are destroying billions of dollars in value every year. While it may be easy to grasp the idea that there is some value to keeping the lights on, how many utilities explicitly think about – and more importantly, quantify the value of – their decisions around transmission and distribution asset management? Read more …Read More…

PALO ALTO, Calif. (April 8, 2016) – Strategic Decisions Group was named a top boutique management consulting firm in Ivy Exec’s 2016 Top Consulting Firms rankings, according to a statement this week from Ivy Exec, a curated online community of consulting professionals. Ivy Exec has ranked the top 30 large and top 20 boutique consulting firms …Read More…

Download the pdf from the Change This blog “One of the virtues of DQ is that it allows us to know if we’ve made a good decision at the time we are making it. If we’ve correctly followed the process, we can confidently state that ‘We made the best possible choice given our alternatives, the …Read More…

To the casual observer, it would seem that the aviation sector in India is doing well. Air traffic has grown at 14 percent over the last 10 years and India is expected to become the third largest aviation market in the world by 2020. But a closer look reveals that this growth has been concentrated …Read More…

PALO ALTO, Calif. March 15, 2016 – Strategic Decisions Group today extended its congratulates to two recipients of the Raiffa-Howard Award for Organizational Decision Quality. The award, presented by the Society of Decision Professionals, goes to Lilly Research Laboratories and to Pfizer Inc, acknowledging the recipients’ excellence in applying the principles of Decision Quality (DQ) throughout the organizations. “We congratulate the …Read More…

PALO ALTO, Calif. (March 7, 2016) – Few things are as valuable in business, and in life, as the ability to make good decisions. In their new, thought-provoking book, Carl Spetzler, Hannah Winter, and Jennifer Meyer of management consulting firm Strategic Decisions Group (SDG) provide a methodology that can be applied to all types of …Read More…

PALO ALTO, Calif. – August 28, 2015 – Vault recognized Strategic Decisions Group (SDG) as a Top 50 consulting firm in its annual ranking of leading consulting firms in the world. SDG ranked 20th among the top boutique consulting firms. The firm also ranked in the top 20 in such categories as best consulting firms for international …Read More…

Now that Hong Kong’s agreements regulating electricity suppliers are expiring, opportunities exist to introduce more competition. How current and new electricity programs could improve or hinder power production will play a crucial role in the city’s economic stability and development. In this article in Asian Power, SDG’s Peter Hopper and Alice Yung explore the pros and cons of …Read More…

For decades, Hong Kong businesses and its population have benefited from world-class levels of dependable electricity supply — at over 99.999 percent, one of the highest in the world. But decades of stable service have created high expectations, and the public often forgets what constitutes the value and importance of an uninterrupted electricity supply. In this article in Asian …Read More…

In this article in the South China Morning Post, two of SDG’s global sourcing strategy experts comment on the movement of manufacturers out of China in search of lower-cost options in southeast and central Asia. “The change is significant in the past two years,” said Peter Hopper, an SDG partner and advisor in manufacturing and sourcing strategy. …Read More…

PALO ALTO, Calif. – September 9, 2015 – Two members of management consulting firm Strategic Decisions Group (SDG) will be featured speakers this month at the Aging T&D Infrastructure conference, a forum designed to address decisions and strategies for utility companies managing transmission and distribution assets. The conference will be September 21-22 at the Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel in Chicago. Jonathan Rich, …Read More…

How achievable is Hong Kong’s move to renewable energy sources? A commitment to environmental protection and air pollution reduction is one of the main objectives of the city’s energy policies, which cover safety, reliability, affordability, and environmental performance. In this article in Asian Power, SDG’s Peter Hopper and Alice Yung explore how to achieve the right balance and trade-offs …Read More…

PALO ALTO, Calif. (August 3, 2015) – Management consulting firm Strategic Decisions Group of Palo Alto, Calif. today announced that it is acquiring Applied Strategies, a firm that helps many of the world’s leading global health organizations to assess the impact of their investments and interventions. The purchase of Applied Strategies, of San Mateo, Calif., …Read More…

Hong Kong depends on affordable and reliable electricity prices and supply. But with mandated emission targets and the inevitable transition to cleaner fuels, what price will consumers and business be willing to pay for needed investment? In this article in Asian Power, SDG’s Peter Hopper looks at the future of Hong Kong’s market for electricity and how …Read More…

In this article in the South China Morning Post, SDG’s Peter Hopper comments on the emergence of a white-collar labor force in Shenzhen as an important driver in the competition between Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland to develop a technology industry. “Historically,” Hopper says in this article, “labor-intensive industries in China such as electronics have seen products and …Read More…

A year after its India entry, Asia’s largest low-fare airline is struggling to live up to expectations. In this article appearing in Livemint, industry observer Hitanshu Gandhi of SDG notes that competition is one of the factors that has caused AirAsia India to take a cautious approach against incumbent carriers. Its cheap-ticket model may not have worked as expected—while its …Read More…

Harvard Business Review has featured an article from Strategic Decisions Group CEO Carl Spetzler and Larry Neal, the recently retired manager of Decision Analysis at Chevron Corporation. Their article, “An Organization-Wide Approach to Good Decision Making”, discusses the critical need for companies to adopt more robust, integrated processes in order to make their most important decisions …Read More…

Palo Alto, CA, May 11, 2015 – Strategic Decisions Group is pleased to announce that it has been selected as the recipient of the Outstanding Vendor Award by PETRONAS Upstream Malaysia. The award recognizes the high standards of service from SDG’s work to help the company implement Decision Quality principles within its decision-making processes and …Read More…

Palo Alto, CA, December 1, 2014 –The Society of Decision Professional’s gala to celebrate 50 years of Decision Analysis was a resounding success. Attended by over 300 people, the event brought together leaders in the profession from across the globe and drew attention to the benefits and developments of decision analysis throughout its history. Prior …Read More…

PALO ALTO, Calif. – July 28, 2014 – Strategic Decisions Group (SDG) announced today that it has elected Dr. J. Eric Bickel to its Board of Directors. The firm also officially named Dr. Bickel an SDG Fellow, which distinguishes him as a professional whose extraordinary contributions to analytic disciplines allow the firm to maintain its …Read More…