HTS Besafe to write the next chapter of the Minimeis story
Minimeis has found a safe haven with the new industrial owner HTS Group – a Norwegian fourth-generation family-owned company with global presence. “We look forward to writing the next chapters of the Minimeis story. A Norwegian invention by, and with, really talented people. Our three brands BeSafe, Voksi, and Minimeis are all about safely transporting … Read More
Haawal protects private and industrial properties from “Hans”
After Haawal Engineering’s latest share issue in Q1 2023, investors got the answers they needed when the extreme weather “Hans” hit the eastern part of Norway in August. Roads were closed, and the Drammen River rose dangerously, leaving many holding their breath. The Haawal flood protection system proved to be the savior. The former Nedre … Read More
Northern Playground is Oslo’s Green Company of The Year
Northern Playground is Oslo’s Green Company of The Year! Today, the entire NP crew (including Amina from Kulmis in Tøyen) took a trip to City Hall to accept Oslo’s environmental award. It was nice being applauded and praised, but even better (and not to mention important) to see that others acknowledge that we are onto … Read More
Northern Playground raises 1.6 MUSD through DealFlow
Northern Playground has successfully raised 1.6 million USD from 584 investors through Dealflow AS, a Norwegian platform for equity crowdfunding. “Northern Playground’s vision is to reduce the world’s clothing consumption, and we plan on doing this by turning the entire textile industry’s classic business model upside down. While “everyone” else is telling you that this … Read More
New and completely reworked version of dNodes.io
Over the past two years we have completely reworked dNodes.io in cooperation with Norsk Regnesentral and Bredvid AS, and with the financial support from Innovation Norway. In the latest version of dNodes.io we have developed the first ever web-based decision tree tool that can instantly calculate and visualise decision trees with statistical distributions and milestones. … Read More
Decision making in Covid times – balancing structure and agility
In the McKinsey & Company podcast series “Inside the Strategy Room”, the March episode focuses on the topic of decision making in the boardroom and what the pandemic has taught directors about high-consequence, low-probability decisions. Covid-19 has introduced more uncertainty and less time to evaluate decision alternatives for most organisations. Under these circumstances, it becomes … Read More
Cornerstone investors to Minimeis for continued growth
Christian Stabell Eriksen (on behalf of Skarbua AS), has provided growth capital enabling Minimeis to continue its expansion and capture a larger share of the estimated $1 billion and growing baby carrier market. Christian will join the Board of Directors. Furthermore, Marius Juul Møller (on behalf of KM Holding AS and STY871 AS) together with … Read More
Merry Christmas
Riktig god jul til alle våre kunder og samarbeidspartnere! Vi håper alle får en flott julefeiring og nyter noen rolige fridager etter et år som har vært alt annet enn normalt. I DecisionNodes har vi de siste månedene hatt mye fokus på steget fra vekst til mer etablert selskap hos de start-up selskapene vi har … Read More
The Viu Bridge
Our project partner, Schjelderup Trondahl architects, has developed a bridge that is sculptural, sustainable and innovative – and the first milestone was reached this month, with filed patent applications. VIU was developed by Schjelderup Trondahl architects in collaboration with civil engineer Finn-Erik Nilsen (professor at the Oslo University College), Dr. techn K.Apeland AS and DecisionNodes … Read More
Happy new year
2020 er i gang! Vi håper alle har hatt en flott julefeiring og nytt noen rolige fridager. I DecisionNodes er vi ferdig uthvilte og klare for nye utfordringer. Men først, takk for året som er gått. I 2019 fokuserte vi mest på eksisterende kunder; våre utvalgte start-ups og gode kunder i olje- og gassektoren. Endel … Read More
MiniMeis named one of the Best Inventions of 2019 by Time Magazine!
MiniMeis just got voted as one of the 100 best inventions of 2019 by Time magazine! The new MiniMeis G4 was launched in November 2019. We are so incredible grateful and happy for the positive feedback and response – and proud to be a part of the MiniMeis adventure! Time Magazine – Best Inventions of the … Read More
MiniMeis in Norwegian business newspaper Dagens Næringsliv
MiniMeis med flott omtale i Dagens Næringsliv. “En norskutviklet bæremeis for barn er i ferd med å erobre småbarnsfedre over hele verden.” Og videre fra Professor Tor Wallin Andreassen som er imponert over hva bæremeisgründerne har fått til. “Fantastisk morsomt. Høres ut som de har gjort alt riktig, sier Tor W Andreassen, professor ved NHH … Read More
Haawal engineering share issue
We are happy to announce that Haawal Engineering, provider of market leading flood protection systems, has secured financing for future growth through a share issue with existing and new international investors. A warm welcome to Michael Steinback and Carl-Stefan Neumann to the team. Michael is a serial entrepreneur with several successes over the past few years, … Read More
The most effective climate change solutions
DecisionNodes provides services to a wide range of companies, some of which focus on sustainability matters. In this regard it always interests us to read articles about what individuals, industries and policy makers can do to reduce our carbon footprint. The group Project Drawdown has ranked the 80 most effective climate change solutions. Top ten … Read More
Web-based tool to structure and solve complex decision problems
We have just launched a Beta-release of dNodes.io, an open platform to structure and solve complex decision problems. dNodes.io is designed to reduce the complexity of decision analysis software, enabling more active use of decision analysis methodology and encouraging team collaboration. dNodes.io allows you to sketch out strategies live in a meeting, to test assumptions … Read More
Happy new year!
Og plutselig er det et nytt år igjen. Godt Nytt år! 2018 har vært fullt av positive overraskelser. Spesielt bra var det å få på plass en erfaren utvikler for videre satsing innenfor verktøy for beslutningsanalyse. Å finne en svært dyktig og erfaren fasilitator og kursholder i Stavanger var heldigvis enkelt. I tillegg var det … Read More
On-campus at UiS
Great to be invited to the University of Stavanger (UiS) last week and being in front of a group of students as part of the master’s level course: “Economics and Decision Analysis for Engineers”. Many thanks to our cooperation partner Professor Reidar Bratvold for arranging this! The talk was given by our principal advisor Ron … Read More
MiniMeis share issue
We are happy to announce that MiniMeis has secured financing for future growth through a share issue with new strategic and international investors. A warm welcome to Michael Steinback, Florian Michajlezko, Menachem Winfield, Oliver Titzmann, Simon Joory and Glen Gold to the MiniMeis family, together with Meis Invest which is a grouping of Norwegian entrepreneurs … Read More
Annual petroleum economics conference 2018
The Annual Petroleum Economics Conference 2018 will be held at Clarion Hotel Air Sola on 25 and 26th of September. This traditional economics conference is your opportunity to get the latest and greatest update from the industry and a unique opportunity to network and meet new colleagues. Meet up with Ada and Ron DecisionNodes partner … Read More
MiniMeis AS “live” at Seedrs
DecisionNodes har jobbet mye med ulike oppstartsselskaper de siste par årene og investert betydelig med både tid og penger i enkelte av de selskapene vi har funnet kommersielt mest interessante, deriblant MiniMeis AS. Og akkurat nå har MiniMeis gått “live” på Seedrs https://www.seedrs.com/minimeis, Europas ledende Crowd Funding Equity-platform. Her inviterer vi venner, familie, tidligere kollegaer … Read More
Ron Allred joining DecisionNodes in Stavanger
A warm welcome to Ron Allred who is now joining DecisionNodes. Ron will be situated in Stavanger and is joining Decision Nodes as a Principal Advisor – his wide-ranging experience in the oil and gas industry as well as his expertise in decision analysis will complement the skills already in place within the company. His areas … Read More
Haawals flomvernsløsning på Dagsrevyen
Haawal Engineering er et av oppstartsselskapene vi har jobbet tett sammen med det siste året. Øystein Blix Walderhaug (25) og Kristian Vemund Haaland (27) har funnet en mer effektiv måte å beskytte samfunnet mot flom enn bruk av dyre permanente løsninger eller tradisjonelle sandsekker. De startet selskapet Haawal Engineering og har utviklet et kostnadseffektivt flomsikringssystem som … Read More
Decision analysis software
dNodes is our new tool for decision modelling. It is based on our best-practices developed over the years of consulting. The tool allows the user to combine state-of-the-art decision-tree modelling with excel. It also includes ready-made modules for different industries and problem situations. Decision analysis software is used to visualise and provide insight to problem … Read More
Reserves insight
Together with partners Marius Hovland and Knut Søvold, we have started a new company within the reserves management domain. We offer a truly transparent and unique software, a network of helpful professionals and a company trying to Create Change with Impact within the business of Reserves Management. Our long term business associates Olav Øvreberg and … Read More
God jul med ny utsikt i 2018!
DecisionNodes ekspanderer og flytter noen steinkast. Vi møter 2018 i sjarmerende lokaler rett ved elvebredden i Øvre gate 7. I 2018 vil vi også tilby kurs spesielt rettet mot oppstartsbedrifter. Kursene våre vil fortsatt holdes på Vulkan Mathallen. Følg med på kurssidene våre. Team DecisionNodes
Goliat: Politikk, journalistikk og begrepsforvirring
Den siste tiden har det vært en rekke politiske utspill, artikler og kommentarer rundt lønnsomheten på oljefeltet Goliat. Fremstillingen er at feltutbyggingens kostnadsoverskridelser har ført til at mannen i gata er frarøvet milliarder av kroner gjennom tapte skatteinntekter, mens ENI selv nyter godt av dette gjennom avskrivninger. Olje- og energiminister Søviknes har forsøksvis tatt et … Read More
Vinderen Sjømat & Delikatesse
Vi har hatt gleden av å bistå Vinderen Sjømat & Delikatesse og vil gjerne gratulere dem med kjempevellykket åpning av butikken sin på VinderenTorvet i dag! Masse folk, blomster og bobler, deilige snitter og en fiskedisk som bugnet over av alt det beste havet har å by på. Stian Jakobsen, Joakim Grønseth og Kåre Øyen … Read More
From theory to practice – precision farming
Earlier this year, we wrote an article on technology as a value driver, published in Magma – a Norwegian scientific journal on business and leadership. The article describes how technology can act as an important contributor to value creation, both in terms of increased revenue and reduced costs. We used an example from the agricultural … Read More
Unique field trip to the Spanish Pyrenees 18th – 22nd September
This field trip is organised to emulate a real life multi-disciplinary work setting where we have specific focus on establishing the basis for a field development plan by understanding the characteristics of different depositional environments and evaluating the uncertainties related to geological interpretation and modeling. The results from the detailed work performed by each discipline … Read More
McKinsey article on the path to better decision-making
The June edition of the McKinsey Quarterly has an interesting article on how to improve the speed and quality of decision-making. Access to vast amounts of data, advanced analytics and powerful algorithms allow for establishing sound decision proposals. At the same time growing complexities within organisations and in the market place hampers clean delegation and … Read More
Linear thinking in a nonlinear world
Check out the latest issue of Harvard Business Review to read a very interesting article on non-linear relationships in business and the effect this may have on decision-making: “In recent years a number of professions, including ecologists, physiologists, and physicians, have begun to routinely factor nonlinear relationships into their decision making. But nonlinearity is just … Read More
All our courses in Oslo are now being held in an inspirational setting at Mathallen
After moving into our new offices in Maridalsveien 15e we now hold all our courses in Oslo at Mathallen. There we have spacious classrooms and it is an inspiring environment for both learning and making new contacts with fellow participants. We believe that great learning is also associated with great food in a pleasant environment. … Read More
Read our latest article in Magma number 3 2017
We have published a 12-page article in the latest latest issue of Magma (Number 3 2017) entitled Technology as a Value Driver. Magma is a peer reviewed scientific journal whose purpose is to contribute to dissemination of knowledge, reflection and debate in the field of economics and management. Magma is also the member magazine for … Read More
Cooperation with professor Reidar B. Bratvold
We are very pleased to announce that we have initiated a collaboration with Reidar Bratvold in DecisionNodes. Reidar B. Bratvold is a Professor of Petroleum Investment and Decision Analysis at the University of Stavanger, Norway where he is teaching and supervising graduate students doing research in uncertainty assessment, risk management, investment analysis, decision sciences, and … Read More
Lecturing at the Norwegian Business School BI in Oslo and Bergen
Next year DecisionNodes expands its involvement at the Norwegian Business School BI and will be lecturing on the Master programme Applied Economics and Management in both Oslo and Bergen. The master programme provides participants with an understanding of macro economic interrelations and provides basic knowledge in macro and micro economics and economic history. DecisionNodes contributes … Read More
New section: Whitepapers
We have now launched “White Papers” – a brand new section on our website. Here you will find articles that provide deeper insight into how we work and approach various problem situations. Articles are categorized by our consulting areas and a variety of new articles will be published through 2017. The articles have a practical … Read More
The decision is taken – Merry Christmas!
DecisionNodes is rounding off an interesting year in which we have cultivated many excellent decision trees and other useful models and recommendations. We now look forward to taking on new tasks and implement our plans for 2017. February 1, we move into new premises at Vulkan next to the food court in Oslo. We will … Read More
Intuition in need of analysis
Read the article on leadership, intuition and decision analysis in Kapital number 19 that was recently published. The article highlights how many business executives often have to resort to intuition as the sole guiding principle in the absence of more structured analyses. This may take the company (or project) down a sub-optimal path with lower … Read More
EDPN Conference 2016
Want to learn more about the field of decision analysis and meet fellow decision professionals? Join us at this year’s Decision Analysis conference hosted by the European Decision Professionals Network. The two-day conference programme consists of a mix of inspiring presentations and an interactive programme. The main focus of the conference is: How are big strategy … Read More
Noise: The Cost of Inconsistent Decision Making
Check out the article on Noise in the October issue of Harvard Business Review. It is written by highly acclaimed Nobel price winner in Economic Sciences Daniel Kahneman and his colleagues in TGG Group. It covers the cost of inconsistent decision-making and provides some useful approaches to identify shortcomings and implement remedies against noise. The ultimate goal … Read More
The Solastrand seminar 26/27th September
We hope to see you at the Solastrand oil and economics seminar in Stavanger on the 26th and 27th September. Ada will give a talk the second day at 11.35 titled “Decision Analysis in periods with low prices and great uncertainty”. Among other interesting talks are Macroeconomic expectations by Kjetil Hommerstrand (Statoil) and Creating Value … Read More
Decision analysis certificate program
We welcome you to join our new certificate program in decision analysis to develop new skills, broaden your knowledge base and gain an advantage in your career. The program consists of two compulsory courses plus two optional courses and you will earn a professional certificate at the end of the program to document accomplished training … Read More