Lenny Skills: Decision Making
5 actionable skills for making better decisions.
Skills
1. Running Decision Processes
- Define the decision clearly
- Gather input from stakeholders
- Document the rationale
2. Planning Under Uncertainty
- Use scenario planning
- Build in flexibility
- Make reversible decisions quickly
3. Evaluating Trade-offs
- Make trade-offs explicit
- Use frameworks consistently
- Accept that perfect doesn't exist
4. Post-mortems & Retrospectives
- Focus on learning, not blame
- Identify systemic issues
- Follow through on action items
5. Running Effective Meetings
- Have a clear agenda
- Start and end on time
- Document decisions and next steps