Look at the evidence
Choose a decision involving two or more teams.
List the outcomes and constraints each team is protecting.
Identify who can resolve the shared trade-off and what information they need.
A case to think through
Sales promises a date delivery cannot support. Neither team can change the other's commitment, so every conflict reaches the founder.
This is a hypothetical operating example, not a client result.Avoid a misleading conclusion
Giving each department more local freedom can worsen the conflict if shared resources remain ungoverned.
Decision independence combines a named owner with usable authority, relevant information and appropriate escalation. Look at ordinary cases as well as exceptions. Formal restrictions may be entirely appropriate; the question is whether the route is deliberate and workable rather than an invisible queue for the founder.
Your evidence check
Bring supporting and contrary examples. A self-reported answer is a starting point; these notes do not calculate or validate a score.
| Prompt | Notes from your case |
|---|---|
| Teams | |
| protected outcomes | |
| shared constraint | |
| decision owner | |
| unresolved trade-off |
Is this solved by another meeting?
Only if the meeting has the right information and authority to make the decision. Discussion alone is not a decision mechanism.
See the wider pattern.
20 questions. An indicative, self-reported result with a five-dimension profile and an optional conversation.
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