Skills for Entrepreneurs | New Space Economy

Infographic explaining a fishbone or Ishikawa method for finding likely problem causes, including a five-step process, common factor categories, practical uses, and a branch-office example.

CAUSE AND EFFECT DIAGRAMS

Infographic matching eight decision-making methods with uses including focusing effort, ranking options, comparing criteria, projecting outcomes, testing ideas, assessing change, considering perspectives, and evaluating costs and benefits.

CHOOSING THE RIGHT DECISION TOOL

Infographic outlining a 14-statement leadership self-check, its 1–5 rating method, leadership behaviors, recommended uses, and three score interpretations ranging from low to strong motivation.

LEADERSHIP MOTIVATION ASSESSMENT

An infographic explains a structured process for evaluating uncertain choices and gives a numerical comparison of four product-development options, with thorough new-product development producing the highest expected value of 270,400.

DECISION TREE ANALYSIS

Infographic explaining how weighted criteria and scores can compare options, illustrated by a car-selection example in which the station wagon has the highest total.

Infographic explaining a Plus, Minus, Interesting decision framework and showing a city-move example with totals of +13 positives, −18 negatives, −1 interesting implications, and a final score of −6.

Educational infographic explaining a four-step method for prioritizing improvements and a service-center example in which 51 complaints, or 68% of the total, are attributed to lack of staff training.

PARETO ANALYSIS

Infographic describing a four-step pairwise scoring method for ranking choices and applying it to four business expansion options, with customer service improvement ranked first.

PAIRED COMPARISON ANALYSIS

Infographic describing six colored perspectives for examining decisions and applying them to a property company’s proposed office building.

SIX THINKING HATS

Infographic explains a method for evaluating organizational change by listing and scoring supporting and opposing forces, with a factory-equipment upgrade example showing totals of 10 and 11.

FORCE FIELD ANALYSIS