Product Therapy Coaching Decision Making
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May 1, 2025 Martina Lauchengco, a partner at SVPG and expert in decision-making, joins to dissect what truly constitutes a good decision. She emphasizes the importance of balancing gut instinct and data without becoming overly reliant on frameworks. The conversation highlights the critical role of collaboration over mere consensus, the challenges when integrating AI into decision-making, and how context influences effectiveness. With insights on prioritization versus decision-making, Martina provides essential strategies for empowering teams to make informed choices.
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Decision Quality is Relative
- A good decision is relative to its time and information available, not absolute.
- Empowered teams should make reasonable, high integrity decisions even if some turn out imperfect later.
Choose Collaboration Over Consensus
- Focus on collaboration, not consensus, when making decisions.
- Disagree and commit to move forward after considering all inputs.
Create Psychological Safety for Debate
- Foster psychological safety to encourage open disagreement and diverse viewpoints.
- Reflect differing perspectives thoughtfully rather than dismissing them.