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Antipattern #20 · ownership · p. 169
Seeking Perfect Decisions
Good enough, reversible decisions encourage speed, learning, and growth.
The Tin Man Behavior
Overrelying on data, exhaustive analysis, and many stakeholders to remove as much uncertainty and risk as possible before making the "right" decision.
The Results
- ·Analysis paralysis
- ·Slow and mediocre decisions driven by consensus
- ·Convoluted or diluted ownership of decision-making
How Octopus Organizations Behave Instead
- ↳They embrace good-enough decisions when they are reversible, valuing speed and learning over obsessing to get them right every time.
- ↳They embrace uncertainty by fostering probabilistic thinking and viewing decisions as bets.
- ↳They turn decision-making into a teachable and deliberate practice.