'The Decision Loom: A Design for Interactive Decision-Making in Organizations'
by Vincent Barabba
"With a deep understanding of both theory and practice, Barabba draws on a broad range of management concepts, ideas and experiences to advocate rules of thumb and decision models and processes to help managers cope with the dynamic complexity of the 21st Century. Barabba’s insights and conclusions are strongly influenced by systems thinking and explicitly inspired by the works of Ackoff, Churchman, Drucker and the other great management thinkers of our time."
Ray Stata, Co-founder and Chairman, Analog Devices
"The Decision Loom makes a profound point about leadership – that those at the helm require more than the bare facts to make effective decisions. Yes, leaders need numbers and charts, but they need soul and imagination in equal measure to put data to good use. This is all too often forgotten in the debate about decision-making; Vince does us a great service by reminding us."
Osvald Bjelland, Chairman Xynteo
"Vince Barabba has written a masterpiece. He has blended the best of academic theory and practice. It deserves the widest possible readership."
Ian Mitroff, Professor, Marshall Goldsmith School of Management, San Francisco and Adjunct Professor, College of Environmental Design at UC Berkeley
"This book is far, far more than a fascinating account of public and private sector service and source of insight about how organizations work. Its explicit set of lessons learned in varied institutional settings make it essential reading for everyone. The lessons are a treasure trove of guidance for those early in their careers and will stimulate serious personal reflection among seasoned leaders."
Gerald Zaltman, The Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration, Harvard University and founding partner, Olson Zaltman Associates
"Health care leaders, naturally predisposed against uncertainty and innovative thinking, can gain from Mr. Barabba’s insight and experience in this book. Hampered by a knowledge base that no longer fits the current marketplace and a distrust of imaginative leaps, we cannot build a 21st century healthcare system with 20th century tools. "Primum non nocere" can no longer rationalize inaction as healthcare costs threaten to bankrupt the nation."
Larry deGhetaldi, M.D., President - Palo Alto Medical Foundation at Santa Cruz
"A person could write a good book about two tours as head of the Bureau of Census, under both Republican and Democratic administrations. Or about co-founding a political polling company with Richard Wirthlin and being appointed to important government positions by four U.S. Presidents. Or about heading market research for earlier era technology companies like Kodak and Xerox. Or about research for industry giant General Motors. But Vince Barabba’s experience spans all of these! Better yet, he managed to accomplish it while remaining a genuinely humble man. Rather than acting like he is teaching us, he has clearly focused on what he has learned from others in business, in government, and even what he learned personally from academic thought leaders including Peter Drucker and Russ Ackoff. As a result, we all can learn from the author’s own thoughts, and from his leadership. Thanks, Vince!"
Bill Moult: President, Media & Advertising Analytics, The Nielsen Company
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