From the course: Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter (Blinkist Summary)

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Open and inclusive decision-making

Open and inclusive decision-making

From the course: Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter (Blinkist Summary)

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Open and inclusive decision-making

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- [Narrator] Blink #5. The debate maker makes room for open and inclusive decision making. According to Time magazine, George W. Bush led a blink presidency. He had a tendency to make snap decisions in the blink of an eye rather than pausing to consult research and weigh the options. This is typical behavior of another type of diminisher: the decision maker. The decision maker doesn't solve problems with analytical thinking. Instead, they'll bring up issues seemingly at random while forcing their own decisions upon the team and ignoring other options. The other side of this coin is the far better manager: the debate maker. This model is exemplified by the Dutch police chief, Arjan Meijerink. Fed up with the traditional top-down hierarchy that had led to numerous failed initiatives, Meijerink reorganized his police force by following three key debate-maker practices. The first is to carefully prepare the issues to…

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