On Making Decisions (drafting)

Sean Horgan

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Making good decisions⁠

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The less important a decision, the less information you should try to seek to make it.

Gathering information follows a Pareto principle, meaning you can get 80% of the information quite easily, but getting the final 20% requires a lot of effort.

Most decisions are not important

Bringing people along

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https://thedecider.app/⁠

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IKEA effect - The Decision Lab⁠

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Andy Grove covers decisions in Chapter 5 of High Output Management (

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Decisions are the output of a process framed by six questions.

What decision is needed?

By when?

Who should be consulted?

Who decides?

Who ratifies or vetoes?

Who needs to be informed?

Decisions should be made at the lowest competent level by someone with both detailed technical understanding and past experiences, both good and bad, from different implementation approaches.

Steve Jobs on resolving conflicts:

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Others

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The Peltzman Effect - The Decision Lab⁠

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Law of triviality⁠

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