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    Reflecting on 2020
    Ozzie Paez
    • Dec 30, 2020
    • 1 min

    Reflecting on 2020

    2020 was a banner year for those who study and apply decision-making in disrupted and uncertain environments. Decision-making under uncer...
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    Decision-making’s crucial 3rd leg
    Ozzie Paez
    • Nov 18, 2020
    • 4 min

    Decision-making’s crucial 3rd leg

    In his book, Thinking Fast and Slow, Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman describes two systems that drive our thinking and decision-making. Sy...
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    Can damaging biases affect AI? Yes!
    Ozzie Paez
    • Nov 5, 2020
    • 2 min

    Can damaging biases affect AI? Yes!

    Many believe that artificial intelligence and smart technologies will eliminate their damaging influences, but experience and research sugge
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    Availability heuristic and decisions on thin ice
    Ozzie Paez
    • Oct 5, 2020
    • 3 min

    Availability heuristic and decisions on thin ice

    THIS POST was first published in April 2012. It follows my previous post on heuristics and decision-making. It has been updated to inclu...
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    Decisions and mental shortcuts
    Ozzie Paez
    • Sep 30, 2020
    • 3 min

    Decisions and mental shortcuts

    THIS POST was first published in April 2012. It's been updated to include new lessons and research in the science and craft of decision-m...
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    Blinded by coincidence (i.e. sometimes s#!t happens)
    Ozzie Paez
    • Sep 28, 2020
    • 3 min

    Blinded by coincidence (i.e. sometimes s#!t happens)

    THIS POST was first published in June 2012. It's been updated to include new lessons and research in the science and craft of decision-ma...
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    Seeing ≠ Believing: the vision-perception disconnect
    Ozzie Paez
    • Sep 25, 2020
    • 3 min

    Seeing ≠ Believing: the vision-perception disconnect

    THIS POST was first published in July 2012. It's been updated to include new lessons learned from growing deployments of smart technologi...
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    Prepare for 2021
    Ozzie Paez
    • Jul 21, 2020
    • 1 min

    Prepare for 2021

    Sometimes conditions beyond their control leave business leaders with few good choices...
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    Restarting the economy: a long process
    Ozzie Paez
    • Jul 1, 2020
    • 1 min

    Restarting the economy: a long process

    There are clear disconnects between politics, business, and the realities of reopening the economy.
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    Safe and out of business is no business
    Ozzie Paez
    • Jun 29, 2020
    • 1 min

    Safe and out of business is no business

    ...regaining and delivering sustainable profitability is your top concern. Safely, yes, but safe and out of business is no business at all.
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    Benchmarks and uncertainty
    Ozzie Paez
    • Jun 27, 2020
    • 1 min

    Benchmarks and uncertainty

    he COVID-19 crisis has been exasperating for many of us in part because of contradictory explanations from experts and news sources...
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    All in it together?  Sort of...
    Ozzie Paez
    • Jun 19, 2020
    • 1 min

    All in it together? Sort of...

    Business is a contact sport. Entrepreneurs, executives, and consumers accept that in free markets there are always winners and losers.
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    Application notes: Starbucks
    Ozzie Paez
    • May 2, 2020
    • 1 min

    Application notes: Starbucks

    Starbucks’ (SB) success relies on a socially centered customer value proposition...
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    Applying OPR's recovery framework
    Ozzie Paez
    • Apr 29, 2020
    • 1 min

    Applying OPR's recovery framework

    This post discusses the OPR Framework’s application to social businesses, particularly restaurants...
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    Business model uncertainties
    Ozzie Paez
    • Apr 16, 2020
    • 1 min

    Business model uncertainties

    Business models define their business’ rationale and operational logic. They encompass the processes and functions that transform inputs int
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    Clarifying uncertainties
    Ozzie Paez
    • Apr 14, 2020
    • 1 min

    Clarifying uncertainties

    This post offers insights for identifying and contextually clarifying post-lockdown economic, strategic, and operational uncertainties.
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    Our duty
    Ozzie Paez
    • Apr 7, 2020
    • 1 min

    Our duty

    Business leaders and investors know how to quantify and price risks; uncertainties are another matter. Unlike risks, which drive decisions a
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    Alternative containment strategies
    Ozzie Paez
    • Mar 20, 2020
    • 1 min

    Alternative containment strategies

    ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES for containing Coronavirus have emerged...
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    Assessing COVID-19 risks
    Ozzie Paez
    • Mar 17, 2020
    • 1 min

    Assessing COVID-19 risks

    To understand my odds and make good decisions, I needed representative data and context...
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    NYC best source of COVID data
    Ozzie Paez
    • Mar 14, 2020
    • 1 min

    NYC best source of COVID data

    he city and State are providing better data on Coronavirus than has been available from other trusted sources.
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