November 26, 2025

No no-brainer

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Some decisions make themselves. Most. Everyone puts their thoughts on the table or marks them on the whiteboard. A spreadsheet is crafted, the discussion is had and a consensus develops around the very obvious choice.

Some decisions though, with all the evidence in play, there’s no clear winner.

No no-brainer.

No happy clappy agreement.

It’s nothing more than a judgement call.

At this point there are two new questions: who’s judgement, and how do they use it?

Who makes the judgement? Is it team consensus, a formal vote (what happens if there’s a tie? Someone has two votes?) or a designated decision maker?

How do they do it? Is it about all the evidence and a final judgement, is it a No unless there’s a unanimous Yes (or the other way around), maybe it’s a coin toss or call in an external arbitrator?

Skippy strategy: Make decision-making clear, before you need to.

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Decisions