We don’t think about every decision we make. Some decisions are easy and intuitive, others can be riddled with doubt. In a business setting, decision-making is often crucial, and with that comes pressure to ensure we’re making the right decisions in the best way possible. We can often accompany decision-making with context, providing a narrative for how we might approach a decision, citing what data and insights have had significant input into our choices. But how do we approach storytelling and decision-making to breed success? There’s probably no better person to guide us through the ins and outs of decision-making than the co-author of Business Storytelling For Dummies.
Lori L. Silverman is the owner of Partners for Progress, a management consulting firm. As a business strategist, she has consulted with organizations in fifteen industries including financial services, insurance, manufacturing and petroleum companies, government entities, and professional associations. As a keynote speaker, Lori has positively impacted the lives of thousands of people. She has appeared on over fifty radio and television shows to speak about using stories in the workplace and is the co-author of Critical SHIFT and Stories Trainers Tell.
She’s a pioneer in the business storytelling field, author of five books, and is known worldwide for her work in collaborative data-informed decision-making.
In the episode, Richie and Lori cover common problems in business decision-making, connecting decision-making to business processes, analytics and decision-making, integrating data practitioners and decision-makers, the role of data visualization and narrative storytelling, the SMARTER decision-making methodology, the importance of intuition, challenges faced when applying decision-making methodologies and much more.
Links Mentioned in the Show
#177 Avoiding Burnout for Data Professionals with Jen Fisher, Human Sustainability Leader at Deloitte
#176 Data Trends & Predictions 2024 with DataCamp's CEO & COO, Jo Cornelissen & Martijn Theuwissen
#175 Inside Algorithmic Trading with Anthony Markham, Vice President, Quantitative Developer at Deutsche Bank
#174 The Future of Marketing Analytics with Cory Munchbach, CEO at BlueConic
#173 Building Trustworthy AI with Alexandra Ebert, Chief Trust Officer at MOSTLY AI
#172 Data Storytelling and Visualization with Lea Pica from Present Beyond Measure
#171 Data Security in the Age of AI with Bart Vandekerckhove, Co-founder at Raito
#170 What Fortune 1000 Executives Believe about Data & AI in 2024 with Randy Bean, Innovation Fellow, Data Strategy, Wavestone
#169 Unlocking Efficiency Gains Through Process Mining with Wil van der Aalst and Cong Yu, Chief Scientist and VP Engineering at Celonis
#168 Causal AI in Business with Paul Hünermund, Assistant Professor, Copenhagen Business School
#167 What to Expect from AI in 2024 with Craig S. Smith, Host of the Eye on A.I Podcast
#166 Optimizing Cloud Data Warehouses with Salim Syed, VP, Head of Engineering at Capital One Software
#165 Data & AI for Good, with Marga Hoek, Founder & CEO, Business for Good
#164 Driving Data Democratization with Lilac Schoenbeck, Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at Rocket Software
#163 Upgrading Company Culture Using The Geek Way with Andrew McAfee, Principal Research Scientist at the MIT Sloan School of Management
#162 Scaling Data Engineering in Retail with Mohammad Sabah, SVP of Engineering & Data at Thrive Market
#161 Fighting for Algorithmic Justice with Dr. Joy Buolamwini, Artist-in-Chief and President of The Algorithmic Justice League
#160 Adapting to the AI Era with Jason Feifer, Editor in Chief of Entrepreneur Magazine
#159 Building Trustworthy AI with Beena Ammanath, Global Head of the Deloitte AI Institute
#158 Building Human-Centered AI Experiences with Haris Butt, Head of Product Design at ClickUp
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Insight Story: Tech Trends Unpacked
Zero-Shot
Fast Forward by Tomorrow Unlocked: Tech past, tech future
The Unbelivable Truth - Series 1 - 26 including specials and pilot
Lex Fridman Podcast