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> decisions based on a consensus

Consensus is no way to make all decisions, especially important ones where people will disagree.



You seem quite firm on this. Any interesting stories?


Two problems with consensus as a management style:

- lack of consensus leads to inaction

- consensus can lead to mediocre decisions

Many stories in management case studies and books like those from Lencioni. A powerful alternative is "disagree-and-commit". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disagree_and_commit




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