Event details

Making prompt and informed decisions in the volatile, uncertain, competitive and ambiguous business environment of today can be very challenging. It is easy to understand why senior managers can be overwhelmed by the volume of often conflicted information presented to them in order to make prompt decisions. This seminar will reflect on NASA at a critical point in its history: Columbia’s Final Mission. We will also discuss if other approaches could have made a difference to the tragic outcome.

18:00: Registration, light buffet and networking

18:45: Keynote seminar

19:30: Q and A

20:00: Event Close

Speaker information

Paul Bennett, University of Southampton. Paul Bennett is Director of Executive Education at Southampton Business School. He has designed and delivered executive development programmes across many industry sectors and geographies for over 25 years. Paul is recognised as an authority in learning design innovation and creator of impactful and actionable leadership development interventions. His current interests are focused on understanding the myriad influences, which impact managers making decisions, in complex and ambiguous environments.

For more information regarding this seminar, please telephone Paul Bennett on 023 8059 6892 or email Paul.Bennett@soton.ac.uk.

Decision making in uncertain and ambiguous environments (Columbia's Final Mission)