Collaborators

Robin has always worked collaboratively with community members and with applied and research partners from a variety of disciplines. He is a strong believer in the knowledge that comes from addressing an issue with a team of people who may well see aspects of the problem differently. In such cases, open dialogue and constructive criticism can lead to new insights and better solutions.

Applied and Research Partners

Paul Slovic and Ralph Keeney, pictured to the right, are two of my closest and most insightful collaborators over the past several decades. Both are well-known for their work in psychology and decision analysis (respectively) and their passion for tackling challenging social and methodological issues. Other significant collaborators include Sarah Lichtenstein, Baruch Fischhoff, Andrew Feldmar, and Daniel Kahneman (decision science), Bob Clemen, Detlof von Winterfeldt, Joe Arvai, Howard Kunreuther, and Tim McDaniels (public policy), Nancy Turner, Bob Gray, and Terre Satterfield (environmental risks), Cheryl Brooks, Michael Harstone, Graham Long, Lee Failing, William Trousdale (consultants) and a magnificent group of younger researchers, teachers, and community members (Nate Dieckmann, Philip Halteman, Nicole Kaechele, Brooke Moore, Ramona Neckoway) who do their best to upend Robin's plans for partial retirement with irresistibly challenging new ideas and projects.

Applied and Research Partners

Paul Slovic and Ralph Keeney are two of my closest and most insightful collaborators over the past several decades. Both are well-known for their work in psychology and decision analysis (respectively) and their passion for tackling challenging social and methodological issues. Other significant collaborators include Sarah Lichtenstein, Baruch Fischhoff, Andrew Feldmar, and Daniel Kahneman (decision science), Bob Clemen, Detlof von Winterfeldt, Joe Arvai, Howard Kunreuther, and Tim McDaniels (public policy), Nancy Turner, Bob Gray, and Terre Satterfield (environmental risks), Cheryl Brooks, MIchael Harstone, Graham Long, Lee Failing (consultants) and a magnificent group of younger researchers, teachers, and community members (Nate Dieckmann, Philip Halteman, Nicole Kaechele, Brooke Moore, Ramona Neckoway) who do their best to upend Robin's plans for partial retirement with irresistibly challenging new ideas and projects.

Day by day, year by year, our decisions construct our decisions shape our lives and those of the people around us, which I guess is why I've always been so interested in choices -- why we make the ones we do (and how they turn out) and why we don't make other ones (and how things might have turned out if we had). Ben Franklin, the early American statesman, made decisions by composing a list of pros and cons. Columbo, the rumpled TV detective, preferred to trust his intuition, whereas Sherlock Holmes trusted his superior powers of reasoning. Different ways for different people, individuals and groups -- but everyone everywhere everyday makes decisions.

We all need to learn to listen to ourselves and to others, and to be curious about why people can see things so differently. My hope is that you'll discover that a structured, values-focused decision-making process can open up new ways of thought and action for you, whether at home, play, or work. It's worth a try.

Day by day, year by year, our decisions construct our decisions shape our lives and those of the people around us, which I guess is why I've always been so interested in choices -- why we make the ones we do (and how they turn out) and why we don't make other ones (and how things might have turned out quite differently if we had). Ben Franklin, the early American statesman, made decisions by composing a list of pros and cons. Columbo, the rumpled TV detective, preferred to trust his intuition, whereas Sherlock Holmes trusted his superior powers of reasoning. Different ways for different people, individuals and groups -- but everyone everywhere everyday makes decisions.

We all need to learn to listen to ourselves and to others, and to be curious about why people can see things so differently. And we all sometimes need help, from a variety of sources (hence Robin's many collaborators), because we know less than we'd like to and because our unaided decision-making processes can lead us astray. My hope is that you'll discover that a values-focused decision-making process can open up new ways of thought and action for you, whether at home, play, or work.