Quotes about Decision-making

they need to weigh in before they can really buy in.

Yeah, in my last company we called it 'disagree and commit.' You can argue about something and disagree, but still commit to it as though everyone originally bought into the decision completely.

Well, some teams get paralyzed by their need for complete agreement, and their inability to move beyond debate.

Take these, said the old man, holding out a white stone and a black stone that had been embedded at the center of the breastplate. They are called Urim and Thummim. The black signifies 'yes,' and the white 'no.' When you are unable to read the omens, they will help you to do so. Always ask an objective question.

nothing would be more fatal than for the Government of States to get in the hands of experts. Expert knowledge is limited knowledge, and the unlimited ignorance of the plain man who knows where it hurts is a safer guide than any rigorous direction of a specialized character.

Democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.

In any serious relationship, if you don't gather your partner's opinion before making a decision that impacts you both, you're just storing up trouble for the future.

The last thing she needed to do was start a difficult conversation without knowing her own mind and heart.

Efficiency, which is doing things right, is irrelevant until you work on the right things.

Great nations need organizing principles, and 'Don't do stupid stuff' is not an organizing principle.

The intelligent person ignores what to do. He or she concentrates on what to be. We must put first things first. To be clearminded is first. Obviously, that is the only kind of mind that makes accurate and profitable decisions.

When a company or an individual compromises one time, whether it's on price or principle, the next compromise is right around the corner.