by Somik Raha | Jun 6, 2017 | Strategic Portfolio Management, ValuePoint™
Three Pivots and What I Learned from Them When the course of action you are on is no longer taking you where you want to go, it’s time to pivot to a new course. In a presentation to the Back End of Innovation conference last November, I shared how I pivoted at three...
by Somik Raha | Jun 18, 2014 | Professional Development
The Executive flinched in his chair. The numbers in his Long-Range Planning (LRP) portfolio were rigorously done, but he had promised a higher performance to the street. Looking squarely at his senior FP&A analyst, he said, “I need to see another $50 million in...
by Somik Raha | Mar 12, 2014 | Principles of Strategic Portfolio Management
Watch David Matheson’s lecture at Stanford University John D. clenched his fist. What seemed like promotion was now feeling more like a curse. John’s work on building a culture of community and improving collaboration in his team had been rewarded. He was now expected...
by Somik Raha | Jun 3, 2013 | Strategic Portfolio Management
Framing decisions is arguably the hardest aspect of decision analysis. This is because when framing, you have to simplify down to the things that really matter the most. If you do this incorrectly, you can end up with a complicated mess or you constrain the problem...
by Somik Raha | Apr 17, 2013 | Professional Development, Strategy
The top three commandments on Decision Analytics for Decision Analysts, from a group of close to 90 decision professionals gathered for the DAAG Conference in Austin, are: Embed Decision Analysis, Focus on Results and Incorporate Human Judgment. Embedding decision...
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