About this Presentation
Managers manage and leaders lead, but in both cases they have to make choices! But how do we make choices? What are the assumptions that lie behind every choice, even when we feel we have no choice? Can we articulate the choices facing us? Can we properly define the choices, understand them, and surface the assumptions that inform our choice making? Here lies a whole series of questions, and then, having made the choice we are faced with even more. This time the 'choices' we need to make are between competing decisions. Every choice we make usually mandates a series of decisions, and for every set of decisions there is always at least two options, two competing avenues that appear to take us toward the goal set by the choice already made – but how to make those choices? And then what about those decisions that although necessary to take us towards the goal, based on the choice made, create for us enormous problems and thus we are facing a conflict of subordination. And then, what happens when our dominant paradigm is one that although we are clear about the choice made, even clear about the decisions we have to take, consider that the change that the decision we are about to take so jeopardizes one of our dominant paradigms that we cannot take the decision thus cannot achieve the outcome of that decision, thus cannot deliver according to the choice made – we are locked into a paradigm and can, and often does, paralyses our progress towards our goal in life.
What Will You Learn
To help you get the most value from this session, we’ve highlighted a few key points. These takeaways capture the main ideas and practical insights from the presentation, making it easier for you to review, reflect, and apply what you’ve learned.
Clouds can be used as a tool for making better decisions
Choices imply change and change implies choices
The importance of making informed choices that lead towards one's goals
Instructor(s)
Jennifer Eckman
Ms Alka Wadhwa
Alka Wadhwa is an experienced consultant and process improvement expert with over 24 years of expertise in the Theory of Constraints (TOC), Lean Six Sigma, and organizational performance optimization. She has successfully led projects in healthcare, financial services, and manufacturing, driving significant improvements such as a 67% boost in hospital operations and a 140% increase in outpatient visits.
Previously, Alka Wadhwa spent 17+ years at GE Global Research Center, where she led initiatives to enhance various GE businesses through advanced technologies, process redesign, and system optimization. Founder of Better Solutions Consulting, LLC, she specializes in using TOC, Six Sigma, and data analytics to streamline operations and build high-performance teams.
Her work has earned her multiple accolades, including the Empire State Award of Excellence in healthcare.
Dr Gary Wadhwa
Dr. Gary Wadhwa is a Board Certified Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon with extensive experience in the field. He completed his Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery training at Montefiore Hospital, Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, NY, and has served as an Attending at prestigious institutions like St. Peters Hospitals, Ellis Hospital, and Beth Israel Hospital in NY. With a career spanning over two decades, he was the former CEO and President of a group specialty practice in NY from 1994 to 2015. Dr. Wadhwa holds an MBA from UT at Knoxville, TN, and has undergone additional training in System Dynamics at MIT, Health System Management at Harvard Business School, and Entrepreneurship and healthcare innovations at Columbia Business School. Committed to expanding access to Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery care, he is currently engaged in a meaningful project to provide healthcare services to underserved populations in inner city and rural areas through non-profit Community Health Centers.