Some decisions though
If only we’d get out of our own way. If only we’d do what’s right for the team, the business, the organisation rather than the thing…
Some decisions make themselves. Most. Everyone puts their thoughts on the table or spreads them around the whiteboard, a spreadsheet I crafted, the discussion is had and a consensus develops around a very obvious choice.
Some decisions though. With all the evidence in play, no clear winner emerges, 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: Clear decisions need clear decision making.
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Decisions
With plenty to say and only five minutes to say it, we find ourselves being pretty direct. All the fluff, all the couching, all the counterbalanced…