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JD Solomon
Dec 6, 20242 min read
Here's What AI's ChatGPT Says About the FINESSE Fishbone Diagram
It is particularly useful in strategic planning, systems thinking, and collaborative decision-making.
JD Solomon
Nov 29, 20243 min read
What Becky Selling Sex Taught Me about Making Decisions
...attractiveness can play a significant role in routine or low-stakes decisions.
JD Solomon
Sep 27, 20245 min read
Three Reasons a Trusted Advisor Should Not Care about the Decision
Where most advisors lose the "trust" in "trusted advisor" is when they mix the roles of “advisor” with “decision maker.”
CWF
Jun 18, 20242 min read
Series Summary: How FINESSE Creates Effective Communication to Senior Management
FINESSE Creates Effective Communication to Senior Management. FINESSE is peer-reviewed and battle-tested. Most importantly, it works.
CWF
Jun 1, 20242 min read
How the Second E in FINESSE Creates Effective Communication to Senior Management
The most important aspect is understanding your ethical framework as you make decisions and communicate to others as a trusted advisor.
JD Solomon
Jan 30, 20242 min read
Trustworthy? Trusted Advisors Develop a Default Ethical Framework
The time to develop a default ethical framework is before the action occurs. Spend some time studying ethics. More importantly, watch the...
JD Solomon
Nov 4, 20233 min read
Choosing the Right Prioritization Approach Enables Effective Communication
Deciding what is most important can be difficult. Deciding what is most important as a group is usually difficult and frustrating....
CWF
Jul 7, 20231 min read
You'll Like These 3 Months of Guest Insights!
Each month CWF provides guest insights related to a technical topic involving big decisions with high complexity and uncertainty....
Lester Ray Moore
Jun 16, 20232 min read
A Successful Career Requires Knowing When A Big Decision Is At Hand
It's really important for everyone involved in decision making to understand which level of decision they're dealing with. This includes...
JD Solomon
Jun 9, 20232 min read
Five Unique Attributes of the Fresh Book, Facilitating with FINESSE
Facilitating with FINESSE: A Guide to Successful Business Solutions is a practitioner's guide for ten common applications that...
Lester Ray Moore
Jun 9, 20231 min read
Communication: Are Tone and Body Language More Important than Content?
This quote says how you say something is important, but some people think what you say is just as important. They believe that both...
Rebecca Bowyer
May 31, 20234 min read
Powerful Tips on Communicating Funding Alternatives to Board Members
This guest article is a lightning round with Rebecca Bowyer, Engineering Director at ReWa in Greenville, South Carolina. Becca has worked...
JD Solomon
May 9, 20232 min read
Real or Perceived: You Get One Shot At Professional Credibility
Effective communication is challenging when complexity and uncertainty are elevated. Decision makers want the best information possible....
JD Solomon
May 2, 20233 min read
Five Presentation Sequences Used by the Best Young Professionals
The organization of any presentation is important but is often overlooked by technical professionals. Technically trained professionals...
JD Solomon
Apr 18, 20233 min read
Make Business Communication "To" Senior Management for Better Results
How we provide business communication to senior management is different from how we communicate with our peers. Our language reflects the...
Lester Ray Moore
Mar 30, 20231 min read
Why Better Data Analytics Requires Effective Communication
Martin Schwirn's quote emphasizes that the ability to communicate results is an essential aspect of any information-gathering effort....
JD Solomon
Mar 7, 20223 min read
Trusted Advisors Need Alignment with Decision Maker on Perception of Complexity, Uncertainty
Keeping decision making on the appropriate level is critical to all – the decision maker, the parties impacted by the decision, and the...
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