Scientifically valid & user-friendly.

1000Minds decision-support software is internationally recognised for its scientific validity and user-friendliness.

For example, when we won a Consensus Software Award (sponsored by IBM and Microsoft) we were commended thus:

Invented by Franz Ombler and Paul Hansen, 1000Minds grew out of research started in the 1990s at the University of Otago in New Zealand into methods for prioritising patients for surgery.

Our research developed into a new approach to the universal problem, in a very wide range of applications, of how to combine alternatives’ characteristics on multiple criteria – based on decision-makers’ expertise and preferences – in order to prioritise or rank the alternatives.

In other words, as explained in our recently published scientific article (cited at researchers), 1000Minds is a new approach to Multi-Criteria Decision-Making and Conjoint Analysis.

In addition, working with users, we developed customisable processes to include potentially 10s or 100s (even 1000s!) of decision-makers or stakeholders in a variety of decision-making activities.

Recently, we added new tools to enable decision-makers to consider, when appropriate, alternatives’ ‘value for money’ and allocate budgets (in addition to ranking alternatives and revealing decision-makers’ preferences) – see how does 1000Minds work?

We formed our company, 1000Minds Ltd, in 2003 to support our ongoing development programme and ensure the long-term availability and support of our software.

Since then we’ve won or made the finals of seven innovation awards and been in the news a lot.

We’re based in Dunedin and Wellington, New Zealand, from where we work with a growing number of clients, partners and researchers worldwide.