<aside> đĄ Distributed decision-making is a tried and tested pattern in progressive organisations. Recognising that it makes enormous sense to move control to where the information is, progressive organisations distribute the control that is traditionally hoarded by a few people at the top.
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*Participatory governance/consent decision-making | Brave New Work podcast (50 mins)
Making decisions at work can be perilous. It's not always clear who has the authority to make them. And even when it is, it's usually just a chosen few that benefit. So, it's no surprise that making decisions about how we govern the organizationâdesigning the rules and roles that underpin everything, is so hard that it's often avoided altogether.
**The great decision-making disconnect** | Brave New Work podcast (51 mins)
A big frustration we often encounter in our work concerns decision-making. Folks feel like their process is too slow; too fast; includes the wrong people; excludes the right people; is too big; is too small. No matter the specific organizational headaches, the headline basically stays the same: âWe know this isnât working but we canât fix the problem.â This episode explores the impediments that tend to block good decision-making; the âproblemsâ traditional, top-down decision-making processes are designed to deal with; and the simplest moves teams can make to up their decision-making game.