Analysis Should Occur in Every Phase of an Instructional Systems Design & Development Effort Targeted at High Stakes Performance. That’s how I’ve been approaching ISD efforts as an ISD Consultant since 1982. I’ve been avoiding Analysis Paralysis by getting exactly what I needed for my next steps, and no more. And by using a Facilitated Group Process of Master Performers and Other Subject Matter Experts for a focus on Tasks and Outputs and the Stakeholder Requirements for both! In this book, I share my approach, based on my decades of experience as an award-winning consultant, practitioner, and coach in the conduct of Performance-Based Instructional Development efforts.

Creating robust team and organizational improvement can be daunting–like a magician who must pull a rabbit out of a hat! Unfortunately, what often results is more a Performance-Eating Rabbit, which is not cute or cuddly, and is not pulled from a hat. This rabbit emerges from a different orifice…and has one priority: to devour and destroy the hoped-for performance in an organization. The authors of Performance-Eating Rabbits describe seven types of these rabbits and share the behaviors, along with unique methods and innovative tools used to mitigate their destruction, while also harnessing their power.