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Presenting: Peter de Jager
PMI Sydney Chapter
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Topic
“Here's a well kept little secret. No matter how hard we try, no matter how many resources we deploy, no matter how deep we search, we will never have all of the information necessary to make perfect decisions. At some point in the process, long before we have all the facts, we will have to decide a course of action. There is no possible way to guarantee the outcome of a decision made without all the facts.
Now, this revelation will either drive us insane, or it will offer us some small amount of comfort depending on how much ambiguity we're willing to tolerate in life. Regardless of our tolerance level, not knowing everything for certain is something we have to live with, because there's no way to avoid it”. – Peter de Jager, The Best we Can [2005]
Peter de Jager will be our guest speaker at the October Chapter Meeting where you will have fun solving simple problems!
You will be presented with simple problems, requiring nothing more complicated than common sense, logic and reason. If you fail to solve these problems, Peter will explore how you approached the problem, what techniques you used, what thought traps you fell into and what you could have done differently.
He will then introduce a simple Problem Solving Methodology and a few basic Problem Solving Concepts, any one of which will increase your ability to think clearly about problem solving.
About the Presenter
Peter de Jager
is a speaker/writer/consultant on the issues relating to the Rational Assimilation of the Future. He has published hundreds of articles on topics ranging from Problem Solving, Creativity and Change to the impact of technology on areas such as privacy, security and business. His articles have appeared in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Futurist and Scientific American.
Peter has spoken for hundreds of clients ranging from the World Economic Forum to a Town Hall Meeting in Peoria, IL. Peter has also been profiled by many leading publications such as the FT of London and the NY Times which described him as having "A talent for simple metaphors and pithy pronouncements"
When & Where
6:00PM - 9:00PM on Wednesday 28 October 2009
Level 10
PricewaterhouseCoopers Darling Park Tower 2,
201 Sussex Street Sydney.
Contacts
Should you have any questions regarding this event, please contact our events director via events@sydney.pmi.org.au
