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How to Manage Ambiguity in Decision Making

Bob Wendover / October 1, 2015

The degree to which ambiguity can be tolerated determines the amount of difficulty the individual can, and is willing to, […]

Bob Wendover / September 25, 2015

This past Wednesday morning, Nancy Targett, Acting President of the University of Delaware tweeted that the University of Delaware police

Bob Wendover / September 18, 2015

Over the past few months, I’ve noticed that “slammed” has joined the lexicon of describing how busy someone is. At

Bob Wendover / September 11, 2015

In a previous post, I described the challenges of living with safe decision syndrome (SDS). That’s the insidious force

Bob Wendover / September 4, 2015

In 1975, economist Herbert Stein introduced the term satisficing. He defined it as not making the best decision, but the

Bob Wendover / August 13, 2015

I spent a couple of years in my youth as a cook for a seafood restaurant. Inevitably, the kitchen would

Feeling overwhelmed by too many daily decisions? Aren’t we all! Sometimes it’s tempting to just make a decision, any decision,

After a recent presentation, I was asked, “How do I get my people to just make a decision?” When I

We can strategize all day about how to make the best decisions. But when there are too many on the

This past Tuesday afternoon, I walked into my local McDonalds for a Diet Coke. There was my friend Austin furiously