Making Better Decisions – How we Decide Better Together
summary
Describes concrete decision methods and when to use them: systemic consensing where everyone rates options 0–5 for resistance and the lowest-sum option wins; integrative objection handling and trialing changes for two weeks to resolve objections; a tension-based proposal process that requires a written tension + proposal, public feedback, and defaults to yes when objections are handled; using ADR-style logs for decisions, reversible small experiments, and even rolling dice when options are equally good to prioritize action over paralysis.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:24Evaluating decisions by process
- 3:54Why decide together
- 5:46Decision-making methods compared
- 9:13Systemic consensing explained
- 12:43Distributed decisions with proposals
- 15:51Making decisions easier
- 19:24Wrap-up and resources
- 20:05Q&A session
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