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Tag Archives: decision making

Sticking to Your Guns

Posted on November 3, 2014 by acmdowding

Leaders make mistakes too.

In the early days of WWII, the Royal Air Force lost almost twenty-five percent of their Hurricane fighters in combat over France. Despite their tenacity, the RAF pilots were ineffective when they engaged the Luftwaffe.   Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged data, decision making, Dowding, ego, Galland, Goering, Hurricane, Malan, mistakes | 2,489 Comments

Four Decisions

Posted on September 14, 2014 by acmdowding

Do we empower our teams to make critical decisions?

Do we give our employees the autonomy to do their jobs? We probably think we do.  But are we putting our trust in the same people?  The people we always go to. The people we trust to do the job.  The “heroes” on our project. Continue reading →

Posted in History, Leadership | Tagged autonomy, big data, decision making, Eileen, engagement, filter room | 1,229 Comments

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