LeaderLensHolistic Decision Making

January 19, 2010Twitter hashtag #LeaderLens

Ashley WelchDirector, Leadership & SustainabilityInteraction Associates

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Shannon HorstCEO, Savory Institutewww.savoryinstitute.com

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Today’s Conversation

What is the Holistic Decision Making

Framework and how is it different from

traditional decision making models?

What examples illustrate the framework in action

and how it helped produce unexpected results?

How does this model help leaders and their teams

make better long term decisions while also

producing short term results?

What is the Holistic Decision Making Framework and how is it different from traditional decision making models?

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Successes & Challenges

DEVELOPMENT OF:

• Transport: air, land, water• Communications radio, television, satellites• Space exploration•Weaponry • Computers, robotics•Medical technology, genetic engineering

MANAGEMENT OF:

• Economies• Human relationships• Agriculture • Rangelands•Oceans• Rivers• Fisheries• Forests•Wetlands

HOLISTICDecision Making

UNIVERSALDecision-Making Work in ‘Wholes’

(people, $ and resources)

Holisticgoal (like magnetic north)

4 Ecosystem Processes (sustain life)

7 Testing Questions(towards holisticgoal)

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6. Sustainability Does this action lead toward the future resource base we have described in our holisticgoal?

Seven Questions

1. Problem vs. Symptom If we are trying to address a problem, does this action address the root cause of the problem or a symptom? And, move us toward holisticgoal?

2. Weak Link- Which aspect is weakest within the social, environmental and financial dimensions?

3. Energy and money/Source and Use- If we are using either energy or money, is the source of the energy or money derived from the most appropriate source?

4. Marginal Reaction - Of the actions available to us, is this the best return for the $ and time invested toward both short-term objective and our holisticgoal?

5. Gross Profit - When comparing enterprises, does this enterprise have the best income after direct costs?

7. Society and Culture - How do we feel about this decision after all considerations and testing?

What examples illustrate the framework in action and how it helped produce unexpected results?

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• Photos shot same day

• Sites within 15 Kms of each other

• Only difference is Holistic Decision Making

Zimbabwe

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Mexico

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How does this model help leaders and their teams make better long term decisions while also producing short term results?

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Consistent success in the linear, mechanical, widget-building world, but simultaneously produces:

• Chronic Damage to environment

• Unintended consequences• Conflicting objectives• Short term success amid

long-term failure for human species.

HOLISTIC FRAMEWORKUNIVERSAL FRAMEWORK

Tends to Result in..

Consistent success in the linear, mechanical widget-building world while simultaneously producing:

• Improved biological & social resources

• Fewer unintended consequences

• A focal point (magnetic north) that gets teams away from conflicting objectives

• Short-term success amid long-term sustainability

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Ashley WelchDirector, Leadership & Sustainability

awelch@interactionassociates.com

Twitter hashtag #leaderlens

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WHAT

WHO Rob Bogosian

Organizational Silence

February 23, 2011

WHEN

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Webinar on demand at:interactionassociates.com/ideas

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Humans face almost no real problems other than the odd hurricane, earthquake or volcano. They face only the consequences of their decision making and actions.

– Allan Savory, Founder, Savory Institute