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Smart, timely decision making and all that goes into it—collaboration, creativity, alternatives, information, analytics, to name a few—is a discipline that can be mastered and applied with far-reaching benefits for your organization. Companies that place a high priority on decision making as a competency are uniquely positioned to optimize their time and capital, capture opportunities, and thrive amid uncertainty. Survey our course slate on this page; some courses are hosted by our certificate partner at The University of Texas, Austin. Click on any course for longer descriptions or to enroll (you may be directed to our UT partner site). All courses are available at your work site—contact us for more information.

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October 11, 2023

Join SDG in Calgary for a 2-day Decision Quality Course

This 2-day course introduces a framework for making smarter, more creative decisions. Learn how to frame strategic choices, generate alternatives, develop credible forecasts, quantify uncertainty, and judge the quality...

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Decision Quality: Make the Right Choice Every Time

Learn how to frame strategic choices, generate alternatives, develop credible forecasts, quantify uncertainty and judge the quality of a decision at the time it is made.

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Leading Strategic Decision Making

Achieve success by effectively diagnosing a decision situation, designing a clear approach, facilitating communication, and presenting compelling rationale to key stakeholders.

October 4, 2023

Multi-Party DQ: Collaboration and Competition in Decision Making

Assemble concepts, tools, and skills for applying the DQ framework in when there are multiple parties involved in decision making.

September 20, 2023

Leading Strategic Decision Making

Achieve success by effectively diagnosing a decision situation, designing a clear approach, facilitating communication, and presenting compelling rationale to key stakeholders.

September 18, 2023

Decision Quality: Make the Right Choice Every Time

Learn how to frame strategic choices, generate alternatives, develop credible forecasts, quantify uncertainty and judge the quality of a decision at the time it is made.

October 2, 2023

Human Biases in Decision Making: Avoiding the Traps

Understand how our minds are wired in ways that impede decision making, leading to biases, distortions, and mistakes.

August 30, 2023

Negotiation and Collaborative Decision Making

A hands-on approach to enhancing your negotiation and collaboration capabilities, equipping you to drive better outcomes in challenging one-on-one and multi-party situations.

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Modeling and Analytics for Strategic Insight

Create decision models that answer executives' questions, produce compelling analyses, and ultimately gain commitment.

November 15, 2023

Decision and Risk Analysis

Explore the foundations of decision quality and how to use a rigorous analytic framework to make better decisions in your personal and professional life.

November 13, 2023

Scenarios and Forecasting: Planning for Uncertainty

Improve strategic decision making with enhanced forecasting methods and create scenarios to foster insight.

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Decision Quality for Leaders

The core function of leaders is to assure the quality of decisions – despite market dynamics, risk, and the need to gain commitment. Available to corporate teams on demand.