It’s All Fun and Games: Making Game Theory Fun & Practical

OUR GRATITUDE: A special thank you to Decision Frameworks for hosting this meeting and for supporting the Society of Decision Professionals.

AGENDA (Central Time):

• 3:00 PM - Introductions & Meeting Opening
• 3:15 PM - Presentation: "What Can Upstream Learn From Downstream?", Featuring Luis Mendoza
• 4:00 PM - Networking and HH hosted by Decision Frameworks

AGENDA (Central Time):

3:00 PM - Introductions & Meeting Opening

3:15 PM - Join Dr. Paul Papayoanou as he leads an interactive session on Strategic Gaming, a hands-on extension of traditional DA/DQ, to navigate the “frenemies” dilemmas of competing and cooperating in business strategy. Through engaging exercises, prizes, and practical insights, you’ll discover how and when to apply game theory in real-world scenarios.

3:00 PM - Close Meeting & HAPPY HOUR

MEET OUR PRESENTER: Dr. Paul Papayoanou

Paul is Senior Advisor at Decision Frameworks and developed Strategic Gaming, the novel and practical game theory approach for business strategy and negotiations. With more than 20 years of strategy consulting experience, he has worked on nearly 200 strategy and negotiation engagements, helping large and small companies in various industries to capture billions of dollars in value. He also helped to instill game theory capabilities at Chevron and to lead efforts to improve DA/DQ and the use of game theory at Shell. He has delivered training to over a thousand business professionals and lectured on game theory and business at Harvard, Rice, Stanford, and several other universities. Dr. Papayoanou has been a Fellow of the Society of Decision Professionals since 2011 and is the author of Game Theory for Business, as well as several articles in business publications. His most recent, “Addressing Value Drain in Dealmaking,” appeared in the Fall 2023 issue of Management and Business Review.

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