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Giselle Hudson | Pre-Decision Diagnostic Advisor | Sensemaking for high-stakes business decisions
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Most costly decisions begin with
an inaccurate understanding of the situation.

I help leaders understand what is actually happening before major decisions are made or
resources are invested in solving the wrong problem.

Tag: business models

  • Guarantees and formulas are ruining businesses

    There’s a belief that if you can just find the right formula, the right framework, the right sequence of steps, then outcomes can be predicted, controlled, and even guaranteed. This thinking provides some assurance, but it rests on a deeply flawed premise: that business operates like a closed system In reality business is shaped by…

    Giselle

    April 8, 2026
    ⚙️ Sensemaking in organizations
    advertising, assumptions, belief systems, business formulas, business models, closed systems, consumer behavior, credibility, critical thinking, expertise, frameworks, illusions, market shifts, persistence, Richard Branson, risk management, security, strategy, success guarantees, success stories, timing, uncertainty
  • Misalignment isn’t obvious until it’s catastrophic.

    Every so often, someone insists they’ve found Atlantis — a sunken city, a lost continent, a hidden civilization. The story just won’t die. Plato’s original tale, written around 360 BCE, wasn’t meant as history. It was a metaphor: a powerful civilization brought to ruin by arrogance, corruption, and disconnection from balance. Yet thousands of years…

    Giselle

    August 20, 2025
    ⚙️ Sensemaking in organizations, 🧩 The Hudson Alignment Framework™, Strategic Sensemaking
    Atlantis, business, business models, denial, disconnection, Donella Meadows, feedback loops, limits to growth, misalignment, red flags, teams
  • Developing a Model that Works for You

    It’s Carnival time again here in Trinidad and Tobag!. Lot’s of liming, plenty feteing, eating and drinking – at least for those of us on the receiving end of the music and the food! 🙂 For the artists, performers and musicians it’s a narrow window within which they need to make the most money that…

    Giselle

    January 25, 2015
    Strategic Sensemaking
    big why, business models, fitbit, goals, Machel Montano, outcomes, purpose, results
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