PDD Guests
He joined from Beirut for the Syria case.
Who is Mohannad Obaido? (CEO of AKF Syria)
This Options Memo received the most submissions (CASA-1000, Charlotte, Syria CW, or OBBBA).
What is OBBBA?
This is the 5th step of the PDD framework.
What is develop strategic policy options?
This case was our shortest.
What is Wolong Nature Reserve (China)?
What CLD stands for.
What is causal loop diagram?
This person was our first guest speaker.
Who is Dr Chatib Basri? (Former Finance Minister of Indonesia)
This is the number of On the Spot briefings we did.
What is 61?
These are the three categories of risk.
What are preventable risks, strategy risks, and external risks?
This is the number of provinces in Canada.
What is 10?
The intuitive power you should develop when reading a case critically.
What is Sixth Sense?
This person joined us at our second Betas Unplugged.
Who is Madame Bineta Diop?
This was the average turnaround time for Professor Sumar to grade an assignment.
What is ~5 days?
These are 2 types of costs that you should account for when budgeting.
What are fixed and variable costs?
The year the German Integration Act passed. (Refugees Case)
What is 2016?
They type of pie served at Betas Unplugged this week.
What is pumpkin?
This person was the former Canadian Finance Minister.
Who is Bill Morneau?
This was the average number of comments made per hour in our PDD classes.
What is 29.5? (vs school average of 11.7)
These are the two types of feedback loops.
What is a balancing loop and a reinforcing loop?
The total budget of the CASA-1000 project.
What is $1.2 Billion?
The Astrological star sign of someone on the teaching team.
What is Fatema - Scorpio, Grace - Aeris, Colin - Scorpio?
Not a guest, but he came up with Systems 1 vs 2 thinking!
Who is Daniel Kahneman?
This was the number of office hour sessions that the Beta Teaching Team collectively hosted.
What is 164?
This is what RACI stands for.
What is Responsible, Accountable, Consult/Support, Informed?
The President of Liberia during the Buchanan case.
Who is President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf?
The number of comments made by our highest participant this semester.
What is 28?