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Would you be able to advise as to what business models or decision making frameworks you use within the C-Suite? I'd like to validate the list that exists as a learning tool for Project Manager & how they can both learn from them and assist with them? Thanks

Thank you for the feedback. You clearly understand Project Management. I’m an advocate for Earned Value. It offers deep insights into a project during the Execution and Control phase. This ROM Auctioneering method is meant for the Initiation phase and allows the facilitator to create an accurate Rough Order of Estimation as possible, within an hour rather than the days or weeks that I typically saw it taking. One failing of this approach is that it doesn’t account for Critical Path identification or analysis. However, I suppose it could be the groundwork for analysis in that area and for Risk Identification too.

I don’t think that there is a quick fix, but I have found the following useful;

1. Think in billboards (Construct your explanation in less than 16 words)

2. Increase your vocabulary. Try wordthink.com daily.

3. Hold off. Don’t speak just yet. Seek to compact your explanation.

4. Reframe it as an analogy or metaphor

5. Even if your audience isn’t a 5 year old, try to describe your idea in a way that they would understand.

Good luck!

I found the following two to be very helpful, but not related to architect (sorry)

The Teaching Company audiobook or video https://www.amazon.com/Games-People-Play-Theory-Business/dp/...

The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and Life https://www.amazon.com/Art-Strategy-Theorists-Success-Busine...

The Art Of Strategy is co-authored by Barry J. Nalebuff who also has a great Coursera course on Negotiation (unrelated to your question) https://www.coursera.org/learn/negotiation