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A flash of the bleedin’ obvious!!!

August 6, 2010 – 4:31 pm

For months now, I’ve been struggling with the concept of using Opportunity Matrix as a decision-making tool in corporates, beating myself up about how “they won’t like the ‘are we excited by this‘ attractivness bit”. It just felt too airy-fairy for the corporates.  All around my network, people have been throwing their hands up [...]

“I’d just do all of it!”

July 4, 2010 – 1:30 pm

Focus and how to choose between opportunities is a big topic for me, and I’m always interested t learn how successful entrepreneurs handle it. I was at a fantastic event on Friday on the subject of Influence, with profits going to Peace One Day, started by the amazing Jeremy Gilley (check it out, a brilliant [...]

What is Multiple Criteria Decision-Making?

November 11, 2008 – 7:18 pm

This is a copy of an article originally posted on the Opportunity Matrix™ website in January
Some decisions are very simple – for example: Shall I have a cup of tea, or a coffee? These are the decisions that don’t really have any long-term impact, and only affect the one making the decision. But in real [...]

Complex Decision-Making – A Practical Example

January 6, 2008 – 7:39 pm

If you’re like me, a typical entrepreneur, you’ll have a number of opportunities that you’re considering at any one moment, and only a limited amount of time. So how should you choose how much time to spend on each? I use a simple method to allocate my time between opportunities: I work out what potential [...]