In an era of urgency, sound decision-making is crucial to organizational success. Yet, only 20% of executives believe their organizations excel at decision-making. Drawing on my own experiences, I ...

Consensus decision-making involves having a group, whether senior executives, middle managers, or one or more employee teams, agreeing on goals, methods, techniques, or procedures to achieve ...

A fair percentage of leaders, especially in startups, professional groups and not-for-profits, pursue the holy grail of decision making by consensus. But it’s usually a bad idea, leading often to ...

The Interdependent type can be a valuable member of a team or project due to their naturally cooperative spirit. Their collaborative approach to communication allows them to resolve problems, and ...

Dominic Price has the intriguing title of “work futurist” at the Sydney-based software company Atlassian. A few years ago, Price noticed that the company’s open, collaborative style was inadvertently ...

Adam Routh is a Ph.D. candidate at King’s College London preparing to defend his research exploring international governance of emerging space activities. The space ecosystem has been undergoing ...

Howard Ryan argues that consensus is wrong in principle and in practice: "The problem is not so much that individuals are being irresponsible or somehow abusing the consensus process. The problem lies ...

How should others make decisions for pediatric patients? For decades, there has been debate in academic literature about the ethical principles that govern medical decision-making for children. In ...

The ACC recently issued an expert consensus decision pathway for treatment of HFrEF for 2024. The American College of Cardiology (ACC) released an expert consensus decision pathway in the Journal of ...

Consensus decision-making is a group decision making process that seeks the consent of all participants. Consensus may be defined professionally as an acceptable resolution, one that can be supported, ...