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We provide services based on the Edusulting approach, which was designed to meet the needs and areas which had not been adequately met by the traditional approach to corporate training.

In Edusulting, it's not the consultant who leads in coming up with a solution. It equips the client employees with the necessary skills so that they themselves can generate strategy and make far-sighted decisions based on their own assessment and analysis of the situation. They can then apply these skills to the real life issues they are facing.

The strategic issues covered in Edusulting encompass a very wide range: innovation management (business development, product development, R&D strategy & management), growth strategy, decision-making on large-scale investment, global strategy, business portfolio strategy, etc.

Decision Lab - A Program that Strengthens Decision-making Capability

Japanese corporations are very adept at operation management, but tend to be saddled with
3 major weaknesses in their strategic management.

1.  Lack of innovativeness and creativity in their strategy
2.  Insufficient concreteness in their strategy
3.  Lack of "passion"

Decision Lab is a comprehensive program designed to overcome these three flaws based on the archetypal form of the Edusulting approach. The program will equip participants with the practical methods and help them discover the passion that will enable them to conquer these weaknesses; it will strengthen the quality of their decision-making and improve the probability of successfully creating great value for their business.

What Will You Get Out of the Program?

1. Significant enhancement in your ability to identify the strategic issues facing your business, organization, or department.
2. The strategy-development skill that will enable you to formulate practical solutions to each of the strategic issues.
3. Significant improvement in business performance through the implementation of the solutions formulated above
4. As a longer term benefit- the building of strategic organizational capability that encompasses top, senior, and middle managers who share the above approach.

Decision Mind Inc. offers a wide variety of programs in addition to the Decision Lab program. To see some examples of the various programs we offer and their syllabuses, please click on the List of Programs We Offer button above. For further information, please don't hesitate to contact Decision Mind Inc.

Assessing uncertainties that influence business prospects
Tornado Chart (Sensitivity Analysis)

Identifying decision items and classifying into 3 tiers
Decision Hierarchy

Steps in developing concrete strategy
The 6 Steps of DDP (Dialogue Decision Process)

The above chart outlines the Dialog Decision Process (DDP) consisting of the steps leading to strategy development and implementation. By Proceeding through the 6 steps in a workshop format, we are able to develop practical strategy that has fully accounted for uncertainties and risk. The approach also serves to create a sense of common ownership between the Decision Board and the Project Team, as well as strengthen their commitment to the chosen strategy.

Steps in developing concrete strategy
The 6 Steps of DDP (Dialogue Decision Process)

Generating strategy alternatives
Strategy Table

Identifying decision items and classifying into 3 tiers
Decision Hierarchy

In Formulating strategy, it is valuable to classify the decision items into 3 tiers: policy-level, strategy-level, and tactical-level, enabling us to grasp the range and scope of what we should focus on.

Identifying decision items and classifying into 3 tiers
Decision Hierarchy

Assessing uncertainties that influence business prospects
Tornado Chart (Sensitivity Analysis)

Generating strategy alternatives
Strategy Table

A Strategy Table places the decision items that require deliberation in formulating strategy on the horizontal axis and the possible options within each item on the vertical axis. By assessing the options available for each of the decision items, we can systematically develop multiple alternatives that are creative and consistent.

Generating strategy alternatives
Strategy Table

Steps in developing concrete strategy
The 6 Steps of DDP (Dialogue Decision Process)

Assessing uncertainties that influence business prospects
Tornado Chart (Sensitivity Analysis)

A Tornado Chart is a graphic tool illustrating the results of sensitivity analysis.
The chart allows us to visualize the magnitude of the fluctuation range of each uncertainty, as well as the values of the upper and lower limits to rank the uncertainties by order of influence. The chart is known as a Tornado Chart after the shape of the chart. We can gain various insights from the chart that enable us to improve the strategy and, ultimately, to make the final decision.

【Maximizing Potential】Through training programs, Decision Mind improves your decision-making.