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Archive for the day “September 17, 2008”

NLP, Modelling and Scenario Planning

 

Captive by Stockers9

Captive by Stockers9

I read a great article by Ram Charan – he is a kind of ‘star’ adviser to some of the world’s most successful CEOs. Apparently he has no home, just living in hotels and on planes as he jets from assignment to assignment. An office of staff handle his billing and (presumably) his laundry….

 

But I digress. The point of the article was to address how businesses should respond to the credit crunch. Scenario planning was mentioned as vitally important for management teams to prepare for the worst cases, and plan their responses accordingly.

It’s a relatively small point, but it struck me how NLP techniques are used in this business tool. Is it not a combination of NLP modelling and, effectively, goal setting in reverse? Read more…

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