Strategy Algorithms in Your Own Decisions
What do you do when you don’t know where to begin? Most of the important problems in life, and in human affairs in general, are unstructured, in that there isn’t a clear set of steps to solve them. Having a tool set to hand for how to structure unstructured problems can be incredibly helpful in creating the future you want to see.
This presentation will show how you can adapt or develop your own general strategy algorithm(s) to develop powerful, practical, and rational approaches to strategy problems you encounter in life. First, we will briefly cover the purpose of strategy algorithms and present an example of several generalizable – meaning applicable across any area of decision-making – strategy algorithms; compare them to classic business strategy approaches and highlight pros and cons; discuss case examples of their application, in history, business, and current events; and discuss selected live examples from the class. We will discuss how conversations with AI models can be used in conjunction with strategy algorithms to provide guidance or options in matters of strategy, including examples of what not to do and when not to rely on the model’s output. Finally, we will discuss why, even in a world where AI can hand you a seemingly comprehensive answer, you still need algorithms you can command in your own mind. While by definition there is no “magic bullet” or right answer to strategy, and there are many ways to win, you may find this approach to be a helpful framework and tool set for your own work.
Participants should bring a mobile or laptop with internet access.
Which transversal skills will the session develop?
- critical thinking
- problem solving
- risk analysis
- decision making
Keywords:
- Strategy
- decision-making
- history
- business
- AI