It's very rare in society to be like, we're making a decision together. It feels like most of our systemsa lot are either your asking for permission or asking for a decision, or your making a decision. The fabric of the culture is just, like, we need to avoid mistakes at any cost. And you know, when we when we see things like the financial crisis that happened, is like, most of the controls that were put in place a retroactively are not gong tolik. That was realy at oboldin well,. thinking organizations that have consensus driven decision making should believe that they are making a decision Together.
A big frustration we often encounter in our work concerns decision-making. Folks feel like their process is too slow; too fast; includes the wrong people; excludes the right people; is too big; is too small. No matter the specific organizational headaches, the headline basically stays the same: “We know this isn’t working but we can’t fix the problem.”
In this episode of Brave New Work, Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans take a deep dive into decision-making indecision, exploring:
- The impediments that tend to block good decision-making
- The “problems” traditional, top-down decision-making processes are designed to deal with
- The myths we tell ourselves about who can decide what and when
- The difference between being non-directive and being indecisive
- The simplest moves teams can make to up their decision-making game
Our book is available now at bravenewwork.com
We want to hear from you. Send your thoughts and feedback to podcast@theready.com
Looking for some help with your own transformation? Visit theready.com