{"id":2604,"date":"2017-07-07T11:31:56","date_gmt":"2017-07-07T11:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/?p=2604"},"modified":"2024-12-13T08:26:18","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T08:26:18","slug":"ib2-0-decision-making-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/ib2-0-decision-making-company\/","title":{"rendered":"IB2.0\u200a &#8211; Decision making: stand out as a company"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"graf graf--p\">What I realized is that most of our people see and distinguish as decisions only those that have a big impact\u200a. These are usually seen as the <em class=\"markup--em markup--p-em\">important<\/em> decisions. You know, a decision that comes from a superior and is communicated in some sort of official medium like a meeting or an email.<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">After it is communicated and only then it\u2019s usually perceived as a decision, making it look like it\u2019s a rather short process. Also, I noticed that after the decision is made, there are lots of times when everyone is somehow <em class=\"markup--em markup--p-em\">relieved.<\/em>\u00a0Like something just <em class=\"markup--em markup--p-em\">finished, <\/em>as in \u201coh that\u2019s good, finally we decided about this, let\u2019s celebrate\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">I think there\u2019s more about a decision that this.<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">We see two important steps in a decision making process. First is documenting and debating and second is implementing.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_68_1 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/ib2-0-decision-making-company\/#Step_1%E2%80%8A%E2%80%94%E2%80%8ADebating_and_making_the_decision\" title=\"Step 1\u200a\u2014\u200aDebating and making the\u00a0decision\">Step 1\u200a\u2014\u200aDebating and making the\u00a0decision<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/ib2-0-decision-making-company\/#Step_2%E2%80%8A%E2%80%94%E2%80%8AImplementing_the_decision\" title=\"Step 2\u200a\u2014\u200aImplementing the decision\">Step 2\u200a\u2014\u200aImplementing the decision<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/ib2-0-decision-making-company\/#What_weve_learned\" title=\"What we\u2019ve\u00a0learned\">What we\u2019ve\u00a0learned<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/ib2-0-decision-making-company\/#Fast_%E2%80%93_Slow\" title=\"Fast &#8211; Slow\">Fast &#8211; Slow<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/ib2-0-decision-making-company\/#Fast_%E2%80%93_Fast\" title=\"Fast &#8211; Fast\">Fast &#8211; Fast<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/ib2-0-decision-making-company\/#Where_you_want_to_be_Slow_%E2%80%93_Fast\" title=\"Where you want to be: Slow &#8211; Fast\">Where you want to be: Slow &#8211; Fast<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"graf graf--h3\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step_1%E2%80%8A%E2%80%94%E2%80%8ADebating_and_making_the_decision\"><\/span>Step 1\u200a\u2014\u200aDebating and making the\u00a0decision<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">The action here is the process of gathering the information needed so that the decision maker can actually make a good decision. As documented as possible.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"graf graf--h3\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step_2%E2%80%8A%E2%80%94%E2%80%8AImplementing_the_decision\"><\/span>Step 2\u200a\u2014\u200aImplementing the decision<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">That is the most overlooked part but sadly it\u2019s not less important than the decision itself. It\u2019s actually the work put in by the team to make things happen. I liked the expression read once\u00a0: it\u2019s <em class=\"markup--em markup--p-em\">putting the meat on the bones<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"graf graf--h3\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_weve_learned\"><\/span>What we\u2019ve\u00a0learned<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">After focusing the attention on the decision making process itself\u200a, \u200awe were surprised to find out that things were not actually going the ideal way in <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\">IntelligentBee<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">The way I see it there are 2 speeds you want to have at the steps above. Slow and Fast.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Fast_%E2%80%93_Slow\"><\/span>Fast &#8211; Slow<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">If it\u2019s Fast-Slow\u200a, it means that the debate and decision making is happening fast, and the implementation is slow. This results in quick decisions that are not always the correct ones due to lack of time for research. We\u2019re already starting with half-chances of success here. And it\u2019s getting even worse. After making the <em>let\u2019s-pray-this-is-a-good-one<\/em> decision then here comes the implementation phase that starts late and happens slow. That kills the momentum, people forget why we\u2019re doing the things we\u2019re doing. They don\u2019t usually perceive it as a whole, ruining the chance of success even more. In short, we don\u2019t want to be there.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Fast_%E2%80%93_Fast\"><\/span>Fast &#8211; Fast<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">If it\u2019s Fast-Fast\u200a it means \u200athat the debating and making the decision happens quickly and implementation fast. It may look we\u2019re in a slightly different position, but actually we\u2019re not. It\u2019s because there was not enough time to make a good decision: gather all data, see alternatives, buy-in. As a result, the implementation will eventually be slow because the outcome desired was not thought over and the work needed to get there is often not estimated correctly.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"graf graf--h3\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Where_you_want_to_be_Slow_%E2%80%93_Fast\"><\/span>Where you want to be: Slow &#8211; Fast<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">If you ever fired a rifle you know that the ready-steady-aim process should be a slow one if you want to hit the bullseye. You don\u2019t actually want to have a <em class=\"markup--em markup--p-em\">cowboy shooting<\/em> when you\u2019re making decisions in your company.<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">The debating and making the decision should be a through step. All the options are carefully studied and debated. All people affected by the outcome are involved and committed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">The implementation step should be a lightning fast one. There was a time to research, a time to debate, a time for talks and analyzing.\u00a0<strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\">Now<\/strong> there is time to act. After lots of conflict, there is perfect alignment. Everyone is committed to execute as fast and as good as possible the decision that is now made. There is no room for changing minds and certainly no place to bring out the arguments used above, in the debating phase.<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">All team act as one and everyone is aware that what\u2019s making a company stand out is not the speed at which they make decisions, but the speed and quality they execute against every decision made.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What I realized is that most of our people see and distinguish as decisions only those that have a big [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2605,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[1230,2371,1237,1236,1235,1234,1233,1232,1231,320,1229,1228,1227,1226,674,401,369,334],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2604"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2604"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75291,"href":"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2604\/revisions\/75291"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2604"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=2604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}