1. JL Aguirre© 2006-2009 Threshold of Belief (TOB) Joseph Lewis Aguirre

2. Threshold of Pain (TOP) 100 120 140 160 Sound Pressure Level dBSPL Hearing threshold of pain found in literature Increased Pain Pain recovery varies by individual

3. Threshold of Belief - Defined Threshold of belief (TOB)is defined as a level, point, or value above which a person is no longer willing to believe something is true or will take place and below which the person willingly accepts as true. TOB is analogous to TOP: How much are you willing to pay for your belief? For example, are you willing to die and take otherwise innocent lives with you, because you believe heaven awaits you?

4. Threshold of Belief - Defined Belief Strength Increased Belief Material Space Physical Space Metaphysical Space Decrease Belief TOB is analogous to TOP: How much are you willing to pay for your belief? Willing to die, for instance?

5. My BASIC principle is that you don't make decisions because they are easy; you don't make them because they are cheap; you don't make them because they're popular; you make them because they're right -- Theodore Hesburgh, C.S.C. Former President of Notre Dame Hesburgs Decision Making Principle

6. Lacking an effective decision making framework, we make decisions as a function of our Threshold of Belief (TOB). A premise for example, is that We have access to digitized knowledge accumulated over the last 6,000 years. We are working on tools to extract that knowledge to make ethical business decisions. Aguirres Decision Making Principle

7. Dilberts TOB in Action

8. TOB and Knowledge Information concepts beliefs ideas Information Knowledge has been defined as the relevant, actionable information that passes through the belief (TOB) filter

9. TOB and Betsys Cow I use Betsy the Cow and its friends to illustrate DeBonos Six hats, usually including a graphic asking the audience to tell me the first thing they see. Invariably, they see a couple - but most are not able to identify a baby - formed by the outline of the landscape.

10. TOB and Betsys Cow Picture source: Anonymous

11. TOB And Forces of Influence For years, law enforcement has worked on cataloguing thousands of facial expressions to used them as a pseudo lie detector. MIT is working on social context prototypes taking advantage of what we say without uttering a word. The point is that the assertion that I can still be objective may not be be quite true, as a function of TOB

12. TOB And Forces of Influence For years, law enforcement has worked on cataloguing thousands of facial expressions to used them as a pseudo lie detector. MIT is working on social context prototypes taking advantage of what we say without uttering a word. The point is that the assertion that I can still be objective may not be be quite true, as a function of TOB

13. The Onion Values GOALS STRUCTURE CLIMATE ENVIRONMENT Marketplace Other Teams CultureCompetition Pressures ClarityCommitment Reward System Reporting Relationships Feedback System Behavior Norm Decision Making Competition Enthusiasm Stress Trust Involvement Flexibility CollaborationMission Philosophy Accountability