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Don’t Talk English to Your LLM

Posted on February 17, 2026 by decisionmanagementcommunity

This is the title of Rod Johnson‘s post: “Just because LLMs are eloquent in natural language doesn’t mean that we should always communicate with them in it. Where important processes are concerned, humans themselves don’t communicate in natural language. Experience … Continue reading →

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IBM just did the opposite of what AI experts predicted – it tripled entry-level hiring

Posted on February 15, 2026 by decisionmanagementcommunity

“This isn’t anti-AI. It’s post-hype AI. Not ‘AI replaces juniors.’ More like: AI compresses apprenticeship. Maybe the real AI strategy isn’t fewer humans – it’s better ones.” Link

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Sequential Optimization

Posted on February 8, 2026 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Meinolf Sellmann: Sequential optimization problems are frequent in business. There are many ways to deal with them, but two methods are particularly prevalent: deterministic look-ahead and stochastic look-ahead optimization. Watch our instant premiere on Tuesday, Feb 10, at Noon EST, … Continue reading →

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Building Business Capability 2026

Posted on January 31, 2026 by decisionmanagementcommunity

April 20-23, 2026 – Toronto, CanadaMarriott Downtown CF Toronto Eaton Centre Link

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IBM ODM Webinar on Jan 29

Posted on January 26, 2026 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Webinar: Generating ODM Decision Services from the Decision Assistant in IBM Decision Intelligence on Jan 29, 2026 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM (ET) Key IBM ODM developers Stephane Mery and Pierre Feillet will explain “how easy it is to … Continue reading →

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Coming soon: “The Decision Factory”

Posted on January 25, 2026 by decisionmanagementcommunity

“This book has the potential to do for automated decision-making in business that The Goal (Goldratt) did for supply chain management. The ease with which DeJans and Elam communicate these fundamentally new ideas for making decisions under uncertainty for complex … Continue reading →

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MS OptiMind: From Problem Description to Solution

Posted on January 25, 2026 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Microsoft Research has just released OptiMind, “a small language model designed to convert business problems described in natural language into the mathematical formulations needed by optimization software. Built on a 20-billion parameter model, OptiMind is compact by today’s standards yet … Continue reading →

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Gartner To Publish New Magic Quadrant for Decision Intelligence Platforms Next Week

Posted on January 24, 2026 by decisionmanagementcommunity

David Pidsley just announced: “Last summer, I shared that Gartner Says AI Ready For Decision Intelligence Market. Today, I’m pleased to announce that we have a new Magic Quadrant scheduled (3 December 2025), which will be the evolution of our Market … Continue reading →

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Challenge Feb-2026 “Trivial Rule”

Posted on January 24, 2026 by decisionmanagementcommunity

This challenge was inspired by a post from Ron Itelman. You need to use any rules-based platform or GenAI tool to create an AI Agent that implements the following rule: “Execute a buy order if the current price is lower than … Continue reading →

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Decidability Problem

Posted on January 23, 2026 by decisionmanagementcommunity

“We often assume that if we have good data and a good model, a decision can be made. That assumption quietly fails more often than we think,” – wrote Ron Itelman. “By decidability, I mean a boundary condition: A decision … Continue reading →

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