1. Collaborative Decisionomics –
The Technical Professional’s Decision Making Toolkit
PDD, PMI-KC Workshop
October 2, 2018

2. Who We Are What We Do Bill Cole Project Lifecycle Performance
Educator, Coach
Utility Management
A/E Management/Leadership
Sales Tools Facilitation, Org, Dev
Sales & Marketing
Business Consultant
Project, People, Process Management
Bill Cole
Project Lifecycle Performance
Project Pursuit/Development
Project Assessments
Teambuilding, Conflict Resolution
Negotiations, Safety
Critical Decision Support
Collaborative Decisionomics
Associates
Engineers
Utility Managers
Project Managers
Sales Professionals
Facilitators
Business Consultants
Organization Performance
Leadership Consulting
Management Coaching
Process Improvement

3. CD3 Defined COLLABORATIVE DECISION -OMICS
CD3 is an elegant (mathematics term) system simplifying
complexity within an understandable technical professional’s wheelhouse.
COLLABORATIVE
DECISION
-OMICS
efforts by two or more parties working together to achieve goals
conclusion or resolution reached after consideration
study of the totality of something
“Everything should be as simple as possible, without being too simple.” – Albert Einstein

4. What We Use What We Do Project Lifecycle Performance
Project Pursuit/Development
Project Assessments
Teambuilding, Conflict Resolution
Negotiations, Safety
Critical Decision Support
Collaborative Decisionomics
Organization Performance
Leadership Consulting
Management Coaching
Process Improvement

5. SAMPLE CORE AXIS SYSTEM
Core CD3 Tenant
Social/Political
People, especially technical professionals, process information, challenges, and issues usually in three dimensions bounded in a fourth, time.
SAMPLE CORE AXIS SYSTEM
CD3 builds on this framework to support the development of strategies and actions that impact decisions of all kinds.
Technical
Financial

6. CD3 Introduction WHAT IS COLLABORATIVE DECISIONOMICS?
A framework applicable to group process built over 40 years of work experience to improve and influence the quality of decisions.
WHERE IS IT BEST APPLIED?
To influence a client’s decision in a selection process
To plan work won after the pursuit is complete
To solve conflicts and problems in execution
Other specific situations where group decision making is at work

7. Collaborative Decisionomics To Improve Decision Making
CD3 Helps Technical Professionals
WIN
the work with CD3
PLAN
the work with CD3
SOLVE
the work with CD3
To Improve Decision Making

8. Fundamentals of CD3 EXECISE #1: AXIS BRAINSTORMING Open forum
Core, Supporting, Fundamental, Hybrid
Focus-Assigned next step
Social/Political
Client Specific
Proven Solutions
Cost
Innovative
Solutions
Low-risk
Solutions
Technical
Financial
B&W Specific
Marketplace
Schedule
Scope

9. Why CD3? ACTION ORIENTED BUILT ON KNOWN TECHNICAL CONCEPTS
Making social sciences useful in our technical world requires
adaptive technical frameworks and implementation tools, hence CD3
ACTION ORIENTED
BUILT ON KNOWN TECHNICAL CONCEPTS
DRIVES THE COMPETITIVE TEAM APPROACH
Plan the work, work the plan as a team toward single goal
BEHAVIOR BASED IMPROVEMENTS
Plan the Attack – then Attack the plan
“Behave your way into a new way of thinking, not vice versa.”
CONSISTENT FRAMEWORK
Built for full pursuit/project lifestyle
Built for the task/technical professional

10. CD3 -- A Facilitated Process
The CD3 toolkit provides needed frames for exercises. Questioning skills are
critical to the process. Open discussion and “admissions of ignorance” are encouraged
DISCOVERY
MAP DEVELOPMENT
MAP EXECUTION
Questioning all that we know about the situation; discover via open discussion all requirements
Open small group exchanges on: Technology, Price, People, Terms, Labor, etc.
Based on what you know, BUILD THE PLAN via CD3 tools, follow the plan and execute while adapting

11. Fundamentals of CD3 EXECISE #1: AXIS BRAINSTORMING Open forum
Core, Supporting, Fundamental, Hybrid
Focus-Assigned next step
Social/Political
Client Specific
Proven Solutions
Cost
Innovative
Solutions
Low-risk
Solutions
Technical
Financial
B&W Specific
Marketplace
Schedule
Scope

12. Decision Making via CD3 - Example
People
What do people truly think?
Usually, a Critical Big Three – People, Price, Perception
COMMON CORE AXIS
CD3 helps your team build and refine messages, strategies actions that impact decisions at all levels
Price
What does it cost and what value is in the financial package?
Perception
What is the competition?

13. FS LLC’s CD3 Objective Foresight Solutions LLC reputation is built on:
Direct action oriented advice
Framework approach to help our clients solve issues now with limited consultant involvement required
Winning with CD3 and the CD3 Toolkit, provide client tools to thoughtfully consider how/when/where to:
Impact a client’s decision making
Build their best case solution
Foresight Solution’s objective is to:
Transfer the process and the language of CD3 to client’s leadership, management and key staff
Transfer toolkit skillsets
Serve as your on-call advisor
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14. Collaborative Decisionomics THE TECHNICAL PROFESSIONAL’S TOOLKIT
FOR IMPROVING/INFLUENCING DECISION MAKING
Copyright 2018 by Foresight Solutions LLC (FS). All rights reserved.

15. Questions?