Decision-Making Education & Training

Capability Building

Smart, timely decision-making and all that goes into it — collaboration, creativity, alternatives, information and 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.

A Solid Foundation

Over the past three decades, SDG has led the way in helping companies acquire the skills they need to improve the quality and speed of strategic decisions. Our educational offerings include executive briefings and one-day workshops, as well as “action learning” and coaching specifically focused on tough pending decisions. These resources have benefited thousands of executives, managers, and analysts, and have helped some of the world’s largest corporations improve their decision-making processes at every level of the organization.

Our Offerings

At SDG, we offer training solutions for both individuals and organizations. 

On-site Programs & Coaching

SDG’s live-virtual and on-site programs can be customized to your organization’s needs, facilities, and schedule. Our varied curriculum includes executive briefings, training modules, online learning, and pilot decision projects.

Executive Education offers a variety of public courses and workshops designed to build individual capabilities in Decision Quality, SDG’s decision-making methodology.

The University of Texas at Austin

Texas Executive Education offers world-class education and leadership development in partnership with SDG to individuals through our open enrollment program in Strategic Decision and Risk Management.

Our Courses

Helping individuals acquire the skills needed to improve the quality and speed of strategic decisions. Executive Education offers a variety of public courses and workshops designed to build individual capabilities in Decision Quality, SDG’s decision-making methodology. These courses have benefited thousands of executives, managers, analysts, and other practitioners, and have provided the foundation for internal decision support centers.

“We turned to SDG because beyond the tremendous value they bring to big, strategic questions, we’ve also seen the benefit throughout the organization from learning that there are frameworks, and processes, and methodologies – and yes, math – that can lead to better decisions and better outcomes. It’s been a game changer.”

A wide-ranging Curriculum

Publicly available courses take place at SDG headquarters, on the campuses of our university partners, and at select locations around the world. We have had success delivering our programs in live-virtual format. Our public education program ranges from introductory courses on innovation and collaboration to in-depth explorations of risk management, decision analysis, and other topics. Whatever your industry, wherever you are in your career, the SDG Decision Education Center’s public courses and workshops will help you learn how to make smarter, faster, fully informed decisions that benefit your organization, enhance your professional standing and enrich your personal life.

Foundations

Our fundamental courses cover the core aspects of consulting, including an introduction to the industry, problem-solving techniques, client relationship management, and project management skills. 

Practitioner

Dive into industry-specific expertise, refine your presentation and communication abilities, and navigate the ethical considerations unique to consulting engagements. Gain proficiency in data analysis and visualization to make informed decisions. 

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.

Decision Consulting Workshop

SDG’s two week “boot camp” for decision professionals is an essential step in building or growing an internal decision-support group.

Specialized Courses

Immerse yourself in our specialized consulting courses tailored to elevate your expertise. From advanced modeling and analytics to scenarios and forecasting, our programs delve deep into advanced consulting areas. refine your skills with hands-on expertise, expert insight, and practical allocations. 

Decision & 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.

“A must for anyone who wants to make better, smarter long-term decisions.”

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Course Participants

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Internal Decision Groups Supported

Upcoming Courses

Decision Quality – Houston

This 2-day course provides an overview of Strategic Decisions Group's process for making smarter, faster, and more creative long-term decisions.

Human Biases in Decision-Making

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

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.

Decision Consulting Workshop

SDG’s two week “boot camp” for decision professionals is an essential step in building or growing an internal decision-support group.
On-Site Programs and Coaching

Workshops

Our consulting workshops utilize powerful analytic tools and methodologies that can position your organization to make and execute good decisions and bolster shareholder value. In addition, our consulting approach embeds the Decision Dialogue Process that has been pioneered by SDG and refined over four decades.

Framing Workshop

Bring key decision makers and stakeholders together in a professionally facilitated setting to understand, articulate, and align behind the decision frame.

Scenarios Workshop

Prepare your executive team to create value by broadening strategic thinking and to create strategies that are robust across many possible futures, to build on data and analytics, and to systematically incorporate better judgment.

Decision Culture Survey Workshop

Our diagnostic survey looks at the strengths of your existing decision process and shares dozens of examples of common dysfunctional decision behaviors to pinpoint those most prevalent in your organization.

Decision Agenda Workshop

Spend a day with your leadership team in a decision agenda workshop to set the agenda, win agreement, and gain alignment on your organization’s most important decisions.

Earn a Certificate from The University of Texas at Austin.

The Strategic Decision and Risk Management Certificate combines world-renowned faculty from The McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin and experienced practitioners from SDG to teach you leading-edge techniques and processes to manage risk and uncertainty and create innovative, measurably better alternatives. Enroll in an individual class or earn a customized certificate by completing six classes in topics such as strategy, decision making, leadership, innovation, and execution.

Certificate Requirements

No application is required. Students who earn six credits from within the SDRM curriculum will be awarded a certificate in Strategic Decision and Risk Management from Texas Executive Education and SDG.

What are the General Requirements?
  • 6 credits (each 2-day class equals 1 credit; some electives may be shorter or longer) are required to complete the certificate.

Participants must take two required classes, at least two “core” classes, and up to two additional electives. Classes may be taken in any order, and participants have three years to complete the requirements.  All one-through five-day courses in the Texas Executive Education open enrollment catalogue may be used fulfill the electives of this certificate.

Our Education Team

Marcy Conn

Partner, Executive Education Practice Leader

Dr. Eric Bickel

Partner

Henry Nguyen

Senior Practice Area Manager – Executive Education

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