Decision cycles are too slow and filtered

Most decision cycles do not slow down because leaders do not know what to do. They slow down because leaders do not know what is true right now. That is the part people avoid saying out loud. In many organizations, truth arrives late. It arrives as a monthly pack, a polished narrative, a spreadsheet that has already been summarized twice, and a set of conclusions that feel safe enough to present. By the time it reaches the decision table, it is filtered. Not always intentionally. Filtered...