Unfortunately, the old general's absence may make decision-making and action-taking more difficult.

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And he attributes the Signal Processing mindset with contributing to better decision-making and more effective entrepreneurial action.

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In all 37 cases, Ms Ashcroft said there had been poor decision-making or a delay in taking action.

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The problem is that this four step decision-making cycle: curiosity, awareness, insight, action is rarely presented to end-users in one elegant stream.

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In order to succeed with this approach, Yohn believes companies must focus more on having the right people and less on the right plan, replace strategic planning with strategic decision-making, and nourish a culture of discipline, action, and results.

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The Surrey Libraries Action Movement (Slam) is seeking a judicial review of the council's decision-making process.

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