"My way of working suits small teams — a lean, efficient, decision-making process," Gascoyne said.
It's no wonder that in lean economic times artistic decision-making bends in a more conservative direction.
Parts of Mr. Bergen's narrative about the road to Abbottabad — including President Obama's decision-making process — lean heavily on other journalistic reports, most notably the History Channel documentary (broadcast in September of last year) "Targeting Bin Laden," which featured interviews with the president and some of his top counterterrorism and national security advisers.
Moreover, for final ranking of lean enablers, a multi-criteria decision-making method (PROMETHEE) is adopted.
"I think people here tend to lean on the bible in their decision-making about divorce," said Cady, the women's shelter founder.
While the Cabinet Office trumpet their success in introducing lean processes to speed up procurement decision-making, 90% of business respondents to a Confederation of British Industry survey found that procurement had not changed at all or had got worse.
And stress makes good decision-making harder.
Project portfolio selection (PPS) is one of the most important decision-making problems for most organisations in project management and engineering management (Lean et al. 2012).
Throughout Witt's decision-making process, which attracted national attention, the quarterback said he leaned on his coach, Tom Williams, for advice.
"It is crucial to understand who is potentially influencing the decision-making of the president, particularly when you have a White House that tends to lean toward secret decision-making," said Noah Bookbinder, the organization's executive director.
