Exactly. Senior decisions are rarely about finding a perfect option. They’re about making the trade-offs visible so everyone understands what is being gained, what is being sacrificed, and why the choice makes sense.
I really like “what would have to be true.” It turns a recommendation from a claim about the future into something closer to a test. I wonder how many bad decisions persist simply because nobody defined what evidence would make them reconsider.
Exactly. Senior decisions are rarely about finding a perfect option. They’re about making the trade-offs visible so everyone understands what is being gained, what is being sacrificed, and why the choice makes sense.
This is what the talent pipeline will miss - the production work that enables a supervisor to actual supervise
I really like “what would have to be true.” It turns a recommendation from a claim about the future into something closer to a test. I wonder how many bad decisions persist simply because nobody defined what evidence would make them reconsider.