Born from Business. Backed by Science.
SIMPLIMENTAL was developed by senior executives, for executives, and road tested by real businesses.
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SIMPLIMENTAL applies leading research from organizational behavior, sociology and psychology to better manage team dynamics, individual biases and overall decision-making. However, don't expect trust-falls, walls of sticky note induced brainstorms or having to share "something people don't know about you" with the team. Our process relies on extensive executive experience coupled with sophisticated quantitative & statistical analysis.
Decision Making Research / Resources
INDIVIDUAL BIASES
20 Cognitive Biases That Screw Up Your Decisions
Samantha Lee and Shana Lebowitz
Business Insider, August 26, 2015
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The Hidden Traps in Decision Making
]ohn S. Hammond, Ralph L Keeney, and Howard Raiffa
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Jack B. Soll, Katherine L. Milkman and John W. Payne
Harvard Business Review, May 2015
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Major Choice Strategies - Ways to decide, from the simple to the complex
Dan Goldstein
Psychology Today, May 21, 2008
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Art Markman Ph.D.
Psychology Today, January 3, 2012
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Four Reasons You Can't Trust Yourself
Peg Streep
Psychology Today, May 28, 2014
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The Psychological Basis of Quality Decision Making
Charlan Jeanne Nemeth, Professor Berkeley
The Cognitive Process of Decision Making
Yingxu Wang and Guenther Ruhe, University of Calgary, Canada
INTERPERSONAL / TEAM DYNAMICS
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The Dynamics of Group Decision-Making - Idealized and Realistic Models of Collaboration in Groups
University of Wisconsin - Madison
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Decisions Are More Effective When More People Are Involved from the Start
Jim Whitehurst, March 15, 2016; Harvard Business Review
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Collaborative Fixation: Effects of Others’ Ideas on Brainstorming
Nicholas W. Kohn - The University of Texas at Arlington & Steven M. Smith - Texas A&M University
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Turns Out The Way Your Team Is Brainstorming Is Probably All Wrong
Vivian Giang, Business Insider, Jan. 4, 2012
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Leadership, Group Dynamics and Decision-Making
Wickispaces
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How Group Dynamics Affect Decisions
By Paul Rogers and Todd Senturia
Bain Consulting Brief, December 03, 2013
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Recent Studies Help Explain Why Some Meetings Fail
Daniel Goleman
New York Times, June 7, 1988
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The Seven Sins of Deadly Meetings
Eric Matson, Fast Company, April 30, 1996
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LEADERSHIP / CHANGE MANAGEMENT
What causes top management teams to make poor strategic decisions?
CB Stephenson 2012 DBA thesis, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW
Stop Making Plans; Start Making Decisions
Michael C. Mankins, Richard Steele; Harvard Business Review, Jan 2006
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Half of Business Decisions Fail Because of Management’s Blunders, New Study Finds.
Ohio State University
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Noise: How to Overcome the High, Hidden Cost of Inconsistent Decision Making
Daniel Kahneman, Andrew M. Rosenfield, Linnea Gandhi, Tom Blaser; Harvard Business Review, October 2106
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The Purpose of Strategy is to Win: An interview with A.G. Lafley
Korn Ferry; February 13, 2013
Assuming Leadership. The First 100 Days
Boston Consulting Group
The Successful Leader’s First 100 Days
Jeremy Kourdi and Brian Edwards of Entendeo
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Now you’re in charge: the first 100 days
Thomas J Neff and James M Citrin, Spencer Stuart
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Ken Blanchard
ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
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The Strategic Decision-Making Process in Organizations
Sergio Janczak
Problems and Perspectives in Management, March, 2005
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The Organization vs. The Strategy: Solving the Alignment Paradox
Jeffrey W. Bennett, Thomas E. Pernsteiner, Paul Kocourek, and Steven B. Hedlund
Organization and Individual Decision Making
Kathleen M. Carley, Associate Prof. of Sociology and Organization, Carnegie Mellon University
Dean Behrens, Dept. of Social and Decisions Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University
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Decision Making in Organizations
Fred C. Lunenburg, International Journal of Management, Business and Administration
Volume 15, Number 1 – 2011
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The Decision-Driven Organization
Marcia W. Blenko, Michael C. Mankins, Paul Rogers
Harvard Business Review June 2010
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The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Decision Making
Edited by Gerard P. Hodgkinson and William H. Starbuck
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How Decisions Happen in Organizations
James G. March
Stanford University 1991
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OTHER
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A Brief History of Decision Making
Leigh Buchanan, Andrew O'Connell
Harvard Business Review, January 2006
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What are examples of bad strategic business decisions?
by Daniel J. Power, Editor
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