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Society of Decision Professionals
The World Forum On Decision Making a great decision, every time
Upcoming Events
SDP Annual Conference 2026: Boston, MA, USA
About SDP
THE SOCIETY OF DECISION PROFESSIONALS
VISION
Decision Professionals are the advisors of choice when facing important and complex decisions.
MISSION
Members of the Society of Decision Professionals will create greater value for organizations, individuals, and stakeholders.
We will:
Bring Decision Quality to important and complex decisions
Provide quality insights and direction through the use of practical tools and robust methodologies
Promote high professional standards and integrity in all work done by decision professionals
Advance the profession to the benefit of mankind through helping Decision Makers
GOALS
To achieve the Society’s mission, the Society’s goals will be:
Promote the profession as the advisors of choice for Decision Makers, and serve the public interest:
Be an internationally recognized focus for promoting and facilitating high quality decision making
Share general speeches and undertake activities that introduce the public to the field
Organize a Decision Quality Speakers Bureau
Engage with entities that are promoting Decision Quality within society, such as the Decision Education Foundation
Facilitate the application of appropriate decision making techniques into areas where they are not currently used, or are used ineffectively, but may be of benefit
Establish, uphold and advance high standards of professional competency:
Define a body of knowledge that constitutes the core of the Profession
Design a process for certifying the professional level of members
Provide a forum for revising certification standards
Provide a forum for resolving disputes about malpractice
Foster continuing learning, collaboration, and networking within its membership:
Share best practices in all areas of professional practice
Work with the Decision Analysis Affinity Group and the Decision Analysis Society of INFORMS to bring forward new areas of application
Engage with partner organizations that support the needs of Decision Makers
Share development, training, education and career opportunities
Prior Events
Decide Better: Decision Science for Leaders an immersive workshop on the future of decision-making offered to SDP members on April 11, 2023
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Mundane Decisions
Rely on “digital instincts” to respond to customer inquiries, notifications, referrals, and routine planning
Important Decisions
Utilize judgement to prioritize projects, select vendors, choose candidates, and issue approvals
Epic Decisions
Leverage diverse perspectives to make an investment, locate a facility, and identify patterns
How do you decide who to hire, if a risky system launch is a 'go', or which project to fund next?
Decide Better is an immersive workshop on Decision Science for Executives, Portfolio & Project Managers, Product Development Professionals, and Aspiring Leaders. Developed by entrepreneur & educator <a href="https://matthewjohnbrady.com/" target="_blank">Matthew John Brady</a>, this 4 hour interactive session will provide you with strategies, motivations, and techniques via real audience examples. Learn why high-quality decision-making is a competitive differentiator and an ethical imperative.
Further, hands-on demonstrations of numerous decision scenarios, from pre- to post-mortem, will show you how Behavioral Economics can be incorporated into your decision lifecycle.
Attendees will leave informed on innovative uses of analytics to support decision-making at an individual, team, and organizational level, and equipped with these tools improve decision processes and outceoms.
discrete decisions
deciding who to hire; choosing a car; picking a college
open-ended decisions
knowing when to "go" or "no go"; managing a phase-gate process
continuous decisions
prioritizing projects; assigning resources; conducting stack-ranking
What will I learn from this session?
What insights will I come away with?
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