The Decision Papers

  • The Decision Papers — Entering Decision Mode: When a Moment Becomes “A Decision”. Banner with an isometric technical drawing of interlocking machinery.

    I.6 — Entering Decision Mode: When a Moment Becomes “A Decision”

    “Above all, not too much zeal.” — Talleyrand Most leadership failures are not failures of strategy. They are failures of timing, the team entered decision mode too early, too late, or for the wrong reasons, and the rest unfolded from there. Organisations are not constantly making decisions, though they often feel as if they are.…

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  • The Decision Papers — The Admission Gate: When a Trigger Earns the Right to Interrupt. Banner with a line drawing of a gate structure.

    I.5 — The Admission Gate: When a Trigger Earns the Right to Interrupt

    “I have made it a rule never to have my letters opened until three days after their receipt, and I find that by that time nine-tenths of the letters have answered themselves.” — Napoleon Bonaparte Most leaders think a decision begins when options appear. It begins earlier, the moment something claims the right to interrupt…

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