The task force was driven not by budget considerations, said Seeber, but by generating options for improving research and education in management sciences at Cornell.
The blacked-out screens were seen as an ominous sign among lower-level White House officials who were largely kept in the dark about the Russia deliberations even as they were tasked with generating options for retaliation against Moscow.
In assisting their clients with decisions, CBT practitioners encourage the use of tools such as Pros/Cons lists, examining several sides of the issue, and creatively generating options for action all in the attempt to engage more thoughtful and productive decision-making (Beck 1995).
Risk estimates were derived following a predefined methodology, and projections of long-term cost and risk for generating options specifically and portfolios at large remain difficult, even under the most up-to-date approaches.
And in theory, the new framework– offering a vehicle for generating options and galvanizing a bureaucracy that has often failed to produce action in the case of past genocides might be of huge benefit to this and future presidents in avoiding future crises.
