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Jeff Bezos on how to delegate some types of decisions (2-way doors), while spending majority of your time & resources on the others (1-way doors):
“Some decisions are consequential and irreversible – one-way doors – and these decisions must be made methodically, carefully, slowly, with great deliberation and consultation. We can call these Type
... See moreIn his 2015 shareholder letter, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos introduced us to lightweight, distributed decision-making. He calls irreversible decisions “Type 1” decisions and reversible decisions “Type 2.” He goes on to note that “as organizations get larger, there seems to be a tendency to use the heavyweight Type 1 decision-making process on most decision
... See moreMatt Mochary • The Great CEO Within: The Tactical Guide to Company Building
There are two types of decisions. There are decisions that are irreversible and highly consequential; we call them one-way doors, or Type 2 decisions. They need to be made slowly and carefully. I often find myself at Amazon acting as the chief slowdown officer: “Whoa, I want to see that decision analyzed seventeen more ways because it’s highly cons... See more
Jeff Bezos • Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos, With an Introduction by Walter Isaacson
In the 2016 shareholder letter, even though he wasn’t explicitly talking about two-pizza teams, Jeff suggested that “most decisions should probably be made with somewhere around 70% of the information you wish you had. If you wait for 90%, in most cases, you’re probably being slow. Plus, either way, you need to be good at quickly recognizing and co... See more