Jeff Bezos has gotten more than a few things right leading Amazon. One of the more insightful distinctions Bezos made in the early days at the company was to distinguish between decisions that were reversible and those that were not. He wisely promoted different decision-making processes for the two distinct camps of decisions.
Brilliant. I attended a training session at Amazon last year where they explained the theory behind the one way door two way door decision making.
It’s great. It can completely revolutionise an organisations decision making and ensure it focuses attention on the right things while freeing teams to experiment.
When Decisions Aren’t Reversible
Brilliant. I attended a training session at Amazon last year where they explained the theory behind the one way door two way door decision making.
It’s great. It can completely revolutionise an organisations decision making and ensure it focuses attention on the right things while freeing teams to experiment.
Here is my blog article:
https://open.substack.com/pub/neverstoplearning1/p/bad-decision-making-is-holding-you?utm_source=direct&r=1nyz10&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Everyone wins with this approach, from the customer, employee, to the organization.
We took a few minutes to discuss this Field Notes entry here:
https://twitter.com/AdmiredLeaders/status/1655944086350864387
This could be a helpful framework for those who can easily categorize the decisions.
Some sticky ones might tend to remain in the gummy category.
What about hiring decisions? Would most people consider theme one-way or two-way?