Decision-Making in the News

January 30, 2022

Third-Party Risk Management: Getting the Most of Limited Risk Management Budgets

Over my almost 30 years in the banking and decision sciences business, I have had the privilege of hiring, managing, leading, and being led by many fabulous people. My personal style and approach to people management and leadership have evolved over the years. My evolution has much less to do with the changing hiring environment or even the differences between generations, and more to do with my own personal journey and leadership experiences.
July 29, 2021

Evaluating Preferences for Colorectal Cancer Screening in Individuals Under 50

Definitive Pro, which is based on the Analytic Hierarchy Process, was used to evaluate preferences for colorectal cancer screening in individuals under age 50. The research revealed potential differences in preferences for screening strategies by age that could influence the adoption of screening programs to include individuals under age 50.
June 29, 2021

Wayne Gretzky and Creative-Divergent Thinking

When asked about his extraordinary hockey success, Wayne Gretzky said: “I skate to where the puck is going, not to where the puck has been.” The truth is, Mr. Gretzky missed the majority of the shots he took. His lifetime NHL stats are 17.6% shots made to shots taken. (894 / 5088) The message is, being "The Great One" is something much more than a high shooting percentage. He intuitively anticipated where the puck was going, all the while, quickly adapting as new information updated his understanding... all in a split second!
November 17, 2020

Definitive Announces the Release of the Definitive Choice App

Definitive proudly announces the release of Definitive Choice™, a new app available in the Apple Store and Google Play Store. Get it now while it's FREE. Definitive Choice™ enables individuals and small teams to make great decisions using the latest advancements in decision science and the leading theory in multi-criteria decision-making. After you make a decision, a comprehensive decision report is available for download.
August 16, 2020

To Open or Not: Case Study in Strategic Decision-Making

My campus is not alone in having a battle about the decision to bring back students to campus, although the decision has already been made and students are back. Arguments for the reopening stress the need to move the students forward in their academic journeys, unsatisfactory results with remote instruction in the spring and financial implications of lost enrollments, decreased tuitions, and idle facilities.
August 7, 2020

React LLC Reveals Pandemic-Proof™ Football Schedule and Partnership with Definitive Business Solutions, Inc.

Less than three weeks after floating the concept of a Pandemic-proof™ schedule for sports leagues, React LLC (“React”), creators of the Super Squares® live mobile game show, today released a “ready for prime time” schedule for the 2020 NFL season. React partnered with Reston, Virginia’s Definitive Business Solutions, Inc. (“Definitive”) to optimize the framework first introduced on July 21st.
July 26, 2020

Expansive Analytics Helping Decision-Making

Putting together the Marlins’ daily game plan is a group effort that includes input from the coaching staff, scouting reports and the analytics department. Coaching and scouting have been traditional staples in the Marlins' decision-making process. But in the past three years, the analytics department has had more say than ever before in club history. Now, they are using a "line-up optimizer" to determine the best combination of players for a given game.