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The World Forum On Decision Making
a great decision, every time
SDP Annual Conference
2026: Boston, MA, USA
THE SOCIETY OF DECISION PROFESSIONALS
VISION
Decision Professionals are the advisors of choice when facing important and complex decisions.
MISSION
Members of the Society of Decision Professionals will create greater value for organizations, individuals, and stakeholders.
We will:
Bring Decision Quality to important and complex decisions
Provide quality insights and direction through the use of practical tools and robust methodologies
Promote high professional standards and integrity in all work done by decision professionals
Advance the profession to the benefit of mankind through helping Decision Makers
GOALS
To achieve the Society’s mission, the Society’s goals will be:
Promote the profession as the advisors of choice for Decision Makers, and serve the public interest:
Be an internationally recognized focus for promoting and facilitating high quality decision making
Share general speeches and undertake activities that introduce the public to the field
Organize a Decision Quality Speakers Bureau
Engage with entities that are promoting Decision Quality within society, such as the Decision Education Foundation
Facilitate the application of appropriate decision making techniques into areas where they are not currently used, or are used ineffectively, but may be of benefit
Establish, uphold and advance high standards of professional competency:
Define a body of knowledge that constitutes the core of the Profession
Design a process for certifying the professional level of members
Provide a forum for revising certification standards
Provide a forum for resolving disputes about malpractice
Foster continuing learning, collaboration, and networking within its membership:
Share best practices in all areas of professional practice
Work with the Decision Analysis Affinity Group and the Decision Analysis Society of INFORMS to bring forward new areas of application
Engage with partner organizations that support the needs of Decision Makers
Share development, training, education and career opportunities
Decide Better: Decision Science for Leaders
an immersive workshop on the future of decision-making
offered to SDP members on April 11, 2023
Chances are, you rely on intuition... which can be heavily influenced by habits, biases, and, groupthink. What if you could elevate your decision-making… to decide using information. To decide better?
Decide Better is an immersive workshop on Decision Science for Executives, Portfolio & Project Managers, Product Development Professionals, and Aspiring Leaders. Developed by entrepreneur & educator Matthew John Brady, this 4 hour interactive session will provide you with strategies, motivations, and techniques via real audience examples. Learn why high-quality decision-making is a competitive differentiator and an ethical imperative.
Further, hands-on demonstrations of numerous decision scenarios, from pre- to post-mortem, will show you how Behavioral Economics can be incorporated into your decision lifecycle.
Attendees will leave informed on innovative uses of analytics to support decision-making at an individual, team, and organizational level, and equipped with these tools improve decision processes and outceoms.
deciding who to hire; choosing a car; picking a college
knowing when to "go" or "no go"; managing a phase-gate process
prioritizing projects; assigning resources; conducting stack-ranking
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