James Taylor's Decision Management

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As some of you know by now I have been working, with Neil Raden, on a new book. As the files shipped to the printers today I thought I would take the opportunity to shamelessly plug the book here on the blog. The book's premise is that much of today's existing technology has the potential to be "smart enough" to make a big difference to your organization's business and that current business trends are forcing you to build smarter systems. Like this blog, the book discusses how focusing on decisions as distinct opportunities for improvement, you can use established technologies in a new way to solve problems and create competitive advantage.

You can pre-order it here from Prentice Hall (there is even a blog discount coupon code TAYLOR7962) or from amazon.com here (amazon.com has not yet decided what price it will charge).

The book has a companion site too - http://www.smartenoughsystems.com where you can subscribe to news about the book/authors and read the testimonials we got. Over time we will add more useful links to the site.

If you are not yet convinced that you need to read the book, why not try the digital shortcut "Why you Need Smart Enough Systems". You can buy it online from Prentice Hall  for less than $5! If you need to be convinced that you need to use decision management to make your systems smart enough to be useful (or if you have colleagues or customers who don't understand why they should apply the techniques we talk about on the blog), you will find this a good read.

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