Make smarter, more defensible decisions in complex, high-stakes environments. This three-day course gives impact assessment professionals practical tools to balance trade-offs, manage uncertainty, and build trust in the choices they make.
Presented by: Palash Sanyal
Course level: Intermediate/Advanced
Language of delivery: English
Prerequisites: Experience in impact assessment, project coordination, or stakeholder engagement. Bring some confusing/complicated decisions to the table!
Homework between sessions: Short pre-course reflection (15–20 min) on a real-world decision challenge. Between sessions, draft a 1–2 page outline of a current decision problem for group work. Post-course, use an optional workbook to apply tools to your projects. Be prepared to face challenges, confusion, and puzzlement while trying to make decisions!
Make better decisions in complex times.
Impact Assessment professionals face tough choices every day: project approvals, mitigation strategies, resource allocation, and stakeholder alignment. These are high-stakes decisions made in uncertain environments, often with incomplete data and competing values.
This course introduces Decision Science as a practical toolkit to strengthen how those choices are made. Over three days, you’ll learn to:
By the end of the course, you’ll walk away with a practical, evidence-based decision toolkit that makes your work more transparent, inclusive, and defensible.
Palash Sanyal, ICD.D, PMP, CPF, GCB.D is an executive facilitator, coach, and educator with global experience in impact assessment and decision-making. He has designed and delivered training for the World Bank, The Nature Conservancy, and universities and colleges across Canada and the United States. Palash also serves on several national and international boards in both the for-profit and non-profit sectors, bringing practical governance insight to every learning environment.
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Pricing: USD$480 for IAIA members/USD$580 for non-members. Please note that payment is due by the registration deadline.
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Please register early! The course will be cancelled if the minimum number has not been reached one week before the course start date. If the training course is cancelled at that time due to low enrollment, IAIA will notify you and provide refund information.
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