News and Updates

Announcement

Remembering Professor Raanan Lipshitz, an influential founding member of the Naturalistic Decision Making (NDM) movement.

Announcement Event

The 17th International Naturalistic Decision Making conference proposal deadline for papers, posters, and interactive experiences has been extended!

Announcement Event

Looking for new books to add to your summer NDM reading list? Don't miss out on a few exciting book deals from two of our own, Gary Klein and Laura Militello!

Announcement

The 17th International Naturalistic Decision Making conference will be held July 1-5th, 2024 in Auckland, New Zealand!

Insights

John Schmitt provides a comprehensive beak down of the overlap and distinct differences between Boyd's OODA model of conflict and Klein's RPD model of cognitive decision making, and describes the contexts in which they are best suited.

Announcement

The 16th International Naturalistic Decision Making conference will be held October 25-27, 2022 in Orlando, Florida. Register now through June 30th for early-bird pricing.

Insights

John Schmitt suggests a new frontier for applying NDM principles and provides a landscape of current NDM tools that may be relevant to this emerging area. We are actively seeking input from the community about tools for addressing wicked problems!

Insights

In Part One of John Schmitt's exploration of problem solving, he discusses the importance of adequately understanding a problem before coming up with a solution.

Podcast

Gary Klein and Bryce Hoffman discussed valuable decision making tools like the premortem, ShadowBox training, and the fundamentals of naturalistic decision making.

Insights

Instead of pursuing a typical quarantine hobby (like baking homemade sourdough), John Schmitt spent his lockdown helping ROTC cadets further their military training. He describes the process of leading Tactical Decision Games remotely and the outcomes he observed.