News
News and recent publications from Strategic Decisions Group.
Stanford, SDG Collaborate with UT to Bring Courses to Houston
PALO ALTO, Calif. – September 7, 2011 – The Stanford Center for Professional Development and Strategic Decisions Group announced a new collaboration with the University of Texas at Austin that will bring to Houston two popular courses from its Strategic Decision and Risk Management professional certificate program.
SDG Places Among Vault's 'Consulting 50'
PALO ALTO, Calif. – August 31, 2011 – Strategic Decisions Group (SDG) has placed among the 50 leading consulting firms in the world, according to Vault, a source of ratings and rankings for the consulting industry.
SDG Elects Two New Partners in India and Asia-Pacific Practice
PALO ALTO, Calif. – April 5, 2011 – Management consulting firm Strategic Decisions Group (SDG) today announced it has elected two new partners in its India and Asia-Pacific Practice. Joining the partnership are Aashish Mehra, who grew SDG’s life sciences alliance with IMS Health into a thriving partnership throughout the Asia-Pacific region, and Girish Shirodkar, who leads the firm’s worldwide Infrastructure Practice.
Stanford Hospital Teams with SDG to Pioneer Health Care Risk Analysis
STANFORD, Calif. – March 30, 2011 – Thirty health care executives spent almost three days at Stanford last week in a special class learning VDERM (value-driven enterprise risk management) – an approach pioneered in collaboration with Strategic Decisions Group.
New Collaboration Brings Risk Management Education to Healthcare Executives
STANFORD, Calif. – October 13, 2010 – Four leading education and healthcare organizations today announced a new education program to bring world-class practices in strategic decision-making and risk management to healthcare executives and professionals.
SDG Elects New Partner, Naoki Shimoda, in Energy & Environment Practice
PALO ALTO, Calif. – October 11, 2010 – Management consulting firm Strategic Decisions Group (SDG) today announced it has elected the head of its Energy & Environment Practice, Naoki Shimoda, as a partner in the firm.
SDG Ranks 18th in Vault's 'Consulting 50'
PALO ALTO, Calif. – October 5, 2010 – Strategic Decisions Group (SDG) has been ranked 18th among the leading consulting firms in the world, according to Vault, a resource for career management and job search information.
SDG, Spigit Announce Partnership to Introduce Innovation and Idea Management Tools
Management consulting firm sees tremendous opportunity in Spigit’s crowd-sourcing software to enhance corporate innovation management and capital allocation processes.
Cisco, SDG Develop Business Planning Tools to Support Microfinance Lenders and Entrepreneurs in ICT
Cisco, a corporate partner in the public-private Partnership for Lebanon, launched a microfinance program in 2008 to advance entrepreneurship and ICT skills, create jobs and improve the capacity of Lebanese MFIs to serve the ICT sector. SDG’s blueprints and interactive decision support tools will support both borrowers and lenders in this initiative.
SDG Helps Private Equity Firm in Weighing Investments, Risk
India’s first private equity (PE) fund, IDFC Private Equity Co. Ltd, signed on US-based consultancy Strategic Decisions Group in the middle of last year to help it with strategic investment, risk management and creating value for shareholders.
SDG Leads US-India Aviation Roundtable
The US-India Aviation Cooperation Program (ACP), established in 2007 to promote greater engagement between US and Indian government agencies and industry to enhance civil aviation in India, holds a half-day roundtable conference in Hyderabad on airport regulatory and financing best practices.
Climate Change Regulation Uncertainty Vexes Decision-Makers
David Barker, an SDG principal consultant with extensive experience in scenario planning and decision-making for electric utilities, tells industry executives that anticipation, agility, and commitment are the critical success factors.
SDG, Galway Form Global Strategic Energy Alliance
Alliance is advising energy clients on business strategy, enterprise risk management, and transactions. Clients include companies in upstream and midstream oil & gas, LNG, renewable energy, and energy marketing & trading.
