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 City of Indianapolis Office of Sustainability  Greening of the City-County Building Initiative  Based on the prior Empire State Building project What are your recommendations to launch this project? © 2013 University of Notre Dame. All rights reserved.

 Briefly, what is the main thesis of this article?  If doctors practiced medicine like many companies practice management… © 2013 University of Notre Dame. All rights reserved.

 Substitutes for Best Evidence Obsolete Knowledge / Past experience Specialist’s skills (your specialization) Hype and Marketing Dogma and Belief / Ideology Uncritical Emulation © 2013 University of Notre Dame. All rights reserved.

 Demand Evidence  Categorize  Internal and External  Problems and Potential Solutions  Examine Logic  Does the evidence apply here?  Treat Organization as Unfinished Prototype  Create evidence via pilots and experiments  Embrace the Attitude of Wisdom  “Wisdom begins with the recognition of how little we know” Socrates  Create a balance of inquiry and decisiveness © 2013 University of Notre Dame. All rights reserved.

 What makes it hard for managers to be evidence based?  There is too much evidence  There is not enough good evidence  People are trying to mislead you  You are trying to mislead you © 2013 University of Notre Dame. All rights reserved.

Strength: Strong / Weak / Poor Fit / Incomplete © University of Notre Dame, All Rights Reserved

 Trend Analysis and Forecasting Methods  Read: “Framework Forecasting” by Peter Bishop  Reminder:  Trend Analysis Strategy Due __________  Scanning Round 2 Due ____________ Next Session (Class 12) © 2013 University of Notre Dame. All rights reserved.