Presentation: Tools for Solving Complex Problems Title: Tools for Solving Complex Problems Speaker: Ransom Stephens, Ph.D. “Ransom’s ability to captivate audiences while explaining complex ideas is an art form.” - Kim Heine, Beyond the Box Presentations. Description: In an increasingly complicated world, business and marketing, not to mention technological problems, are ever more complex. The odds are that your team is still using simple linear tools that are not capable of untangling the complexity that they face. This presentation may well revolutionize your workplace. Ransom introduces the concepts behind the mathematical and statistical methods that physicists have been using for 100 years without actually using any mathematics (unless your team can benefit from it). This presentation will enable you to: • Understand the difference between problems that have unique solutions and those that have multiple solutions • Distinguish empirical and anecdotal data • Systematically apply inductive, reductive, and deductive reasoning • Understand rules of thumb for determining statistical significance o Bluffers’ guide to probability and statistics • Use asymptotic techniques to interpolate solutions to complex problems • Identify or eliminate correlations among different dimensions of a problem • Distinguish correlation from cause in linked problems • Distinguish between problems that can be solved exactly from problems that can be solved with arbitrary or limited accuracy • Apply test situations to candidate solutions to determine the best of a set of potential solutions • Radically improve your problem solving efficiency “Ransom Stephens is that teacher. The one who makes you wish you’d never left school.” -Andy Martwick, Intel Details: This presentation can be delivered as a 50 minute keynote or a two hour master class. About the instructor: Ransom Stephens, Ph.D., led an engineering commando team to the solutions of complex problems in noise analysis and marketing of those solutions. He is the author of over two-hundred articles in the electronics industry, science journals, and magazines on subjects ranging from quantum physics to cutting edge technology. As a physics professor, he worked on experiments in laboratories across the United States and Europe, discovered a new type of matter and was on the team that discovered the top quark. As high tech consultant, he specializes in helping electrical engineers extracting signals from noise and has developed a reputation for delivering a clear understanding of complex topics. © Ransom Stephens, 2012. Like a dragonfly - darting from task to task and mastering every one. Made with Xara Download the PDF file