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The Business Strategy & Decision-Making Program is a part of the Department of Economics at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois. The mission of the Program is to bring together DePaul students and alumni to share ideas and insights surrounding the use of economic and other decision-making frameworks in business and everyday life.

The Program offers a number of strategy-focused classes that can be found on the Economics Department web page. The purpose of this blog site is to house additional resources, insights, and content about strategy and decision-making. 

News & Praise

Latest Podcast Episodes

Episode 058: Check In with Marty Friel, Ameriprise Financial

This month, Marty Friel joins us for our second Check In episode in this podcast series. Marty is a MS-EPA graduate and veteran financial advisor with Ameriprise Financial and his original episode aired on 3/9/21. In that episode, Aaron Pagel hosted Marty for a great...

Episode 057: Edith Freeze, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Edith Freeze is a Community Scientist at Northwestern University Fienberg School of Medicine and a fierce champion of environmental rights. Her career is the product of endless curiosity, a thirst for education, and hustle. Her passion for environmental issues comes...

Episode 056: Josh Dickey, Hyzon Motors

Josh Dickey is an experienced finance professional, DePaul MS-EPA alumnus, veteran of the Federal Reserve, and our guest this month. Josh has great stories to tell about his career, time at the Fed, and current work at the fuel cell manufacturer Hyzon Motors. Hyzon...

Recent Talks

Economics & Strategy Talk featuring Dr. Kelly Richmond Pope, May 4th, 2023

On May 4th we hosted DePaul’s own Dr. Kelly Richmond Pope in the Economics and Strategy Talk series. In this eye-opening discussion, Kelly revealed details about her new book “Fool Me Once” and what she’s learned about fraud throughout her...

Economics & Strategy Talk Series featuring Dr. Kelly Richmond Pope

Our next guest in the Economics and Strategy Talk series is award-winning educator, researcher, author, and documentary filmmaker​ Dr. Kelly Richmond Pope. She is the Dr. Barry Jay Epstein Endowed Professor of Forensic Accounting at DePaul University in Chicago, IL....

Economics & Strategy Talk featuring Amy Bucher, October 20th, 2022

On October 20th the Economics and Strategy Talk series hosted Amy Bucher, Chief Behavioral Officer at Lirio and author of “Engaged: Designing for Behavior Change”. Amy discussed the intersection of behavioral science and design, what she’s learned...

If you have any questions about this Program or the material on this site, please feel free to reach out the program head, Rafael Tenorio via email at rtenorio@depaul.edu.