Who sits at the Decision making table?

When it comes to decision-making, not all voices are equal, and giving everyone an equal say can lead to unequal consequences.

Let me share a story … I had a colleague who was notorious for being against every major risky decision in our organisation. At board meetings he would ensure his negative opinion was duely recorded, and recalled his negative views should a decision fail for what ever reason… but no one ever raised his nay-saying for all the projects that were successful.… Read more

Bezos on one-way and two-way doors

Some decisions are consequential and irreversible or nearly irreversible – one-way doors – and these decisions must be made methodically, carefully, slowly, with great deliberation and consultation. If you walk through and don’t like what you see on the other side, you can’t get back to where you were before.

But most decisions aren’t like that – they are changeable, reversible – they’re two-way doors.… Read more