June 2018 | Discovery- Led Decision Making presented by Ben Shenoy

Making strategic decisions is a fundamental skill for leaders and managers. However, in a business environment that is in a constant state of change, making strategic decisions has never been more difficult. Discovery-Led Decision Making addresses this challenge by providing a framework for making sound decisions in an uncertain world. Based on the core concepts of framing, experimenting and scaling, this approach ensures that efforts are focused where the need is greatest, that interventions are tested, evaluated and revised and that successful initiatives are effectively rolled out across the business.

Project Management topics covered:

Discovery-Led Decision-Making is an approach that builds on agile approach to project management –specifically:

• It articulates a more dynamic, fluid approach to strategy which aligns with agile project management;
• It suggests that there are actually three different types of sprint, depending on the type of decision-making required to move things forward.

Ben Shenoy explores, decodes and narrates how behavioural science can untangle organizational dilemmas in perplexing times. He is a hybrid, having been an electronic engineer and a management consultant before retraining as a social psychologist: his experience spans academia and practice, as well as both the natural and social sciences.

Ben is a Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics (LSE) and Director of the Business Insights Lab at the University of Surrey’s Centre for the Digital Economy. He holds a PhD in Organizational Behaviour from Harvard Business School.

Ben’s first book, Strategic Decision Making: A discovery-led approach to critical choices in turbulent times, was co-authored with Simon Haslam and published in January 2018. He can be found online at BenShenoy.com and @BenShenoy