"The crucial thing is decisions... they get made in the aftermath of these events, when minds are focused on the impacts," said Allen.
Off in a lab somewhere, the pathologist decides whether a sliver of tissue is benign or malignant, and if cancerous, how aggressive the disease is, decisions that are pivotal to the treatment.
Like all CEOs, the priority is decisions: making my own and helping inform those of my clients and colleagues.Every day is different but the principles are the same; making decisions based on as much information you can muster, nudged over the line by experience and intuition.
The second category is decisions that directly affect research and the way it is conducted science research budgets, for example, and research regulations.
Control system design involves input/output (IO) selection, that is, decisions on the number, the place, and the type of actuators and sensors.
When considering a formal structure with detailed rules and elected officers, we were reminded that our early successes had been achieved by a steering committee that reached is decisions through consensus.
