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CM 023: Donald Sull on Making Smarter Decisions
CM 023: Donald Sull on Making Smarter Decisions
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Length:
35 minutes
Released:
Feb 15, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Every day we have problems to solve and decisions to make. Too often, the steps we take to address them result in more complexity, rather than less. That is where simple rules come in.
Donald Sull, bestselling author of Simple Rules: How to Thrive in a Complex World offers a six-step framework for better decision-making that has been tested with individuals and with organizations. An expert in global strategy, Don is a senior lecturer at MIT and a former professor at Harvard University and the London Business School. Using vivid examples and powerful stories, Don helps us see the creative impact of developing and applying simple rules.
In this episode, we talk about:
ways simple rules support strategy and encourage innovation
the ways simple rules beat out one-size-fits-all rules
the six-part framework to make simple rules of your own
why we need to involve the users of the rules in the creation process
how feedback only makes rules better over time
how simple rules can support personal and organizational agency and ownership
Selected Links to Topics Mentioned
@simple_rules
donsull.com
Simple Rules: How to Thrive in a Complex World by Donald Sull and Kathleen Eisenhardt
Oakland As
Billy Beane
The Gates Foundation
Why the French Do Not Get Fat
Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think by Brian Wansink
Collin Payne
Pierre Chandon
Murmuration
Craig Reynolds
Orcs
Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
Zipcar and Robin Chase
Votorantim
Contagious: Why Things Catch On by Jonah Berger
Young Presidents Organization
Elmore Leonard
Tina Fey and 30 Rock
If you enjoyed the podcast, please rate and review it on iTunes. For automatic delivery of new episodes, be sure to subscribe. Thanks for listening!
Thank you to Emmy-award-winning Creative Director Vanida Vae for designing the Curious Minds logo!
www.gayleallen.net
LinkedIn
@GAllenTC
Donald Sull, bestselling author of Simple Rules: How to Thrive in a Complex World offers a six-step framework for better decision-making that has been tested with individuals and with organizations. An expert in global strategy, Don is a senior lecturer at MIT and a former professor at Harvard University and the London Business School. Using vivid examples and powerful stories, Don helps us see the creative impact of developing and applying simple rules.
In this episode, we talk about:
ways simple rules support strategy and encourage innovation
the ways simple rules beat out one-size-fits-all rules
the six-part framework to make simple rules of your own
why we need to involve the users of the rules in the creation process
how feedback only makes rules better over time
how simple rules can support personal and organizational agency and ownership
Selected Links to Topics Mentioned
@simple_rules
donsull.com
Simple Rules: How to Thrive in a Complex World by Donald Sull and Kathleen Eisenhardt
Oakland As
Billy Beane
The Gates Foundation
Why the French Do Not Get Fat
Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think by Brian Wansink
Collin Payne
Pierre Chandon
Murmuration
Craig Reynolds
Orcs
Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
Zipcar and Robin Chase
Votorantim
Contagious: Why Things Catch On by Jonah Berger
Young Presidents Organization
Elmore Leonard
Tina Fey and 30 Rock
If you enjoyed the podcast, please rate and review it on iTunes. For automatic delivery of new episodes, be sure to subscribe. Thanks for listening!
Thank you to Emmy-award-winning Creative Director Vanida Vae for designing the Curious Minds logo!
www.gayleallen.net
@GAllenTC
Released:
Feb 15, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
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