Consensus killed the cat
02/07/06 17:28 |
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This insightful blog post pretty much sums up my
feelings on consensus based decision making.
http://www.carte-blanche.org/issues/04/grassmann.html
I shudder to think of the amount of productive time (both micro i.e. personal and macro i.e. company) wasted trying to get a bunch of people to come to a consensus. The other problem with a consensus opinion is it never reflects anyone’s personal opinion, so no one can ever really get behind it and champion it and consequentially no one really cares.
As they sagely used to say, “in all the towns and all the cities, there are no statues to committees. “
http://www.carte-blanche.org/issues/04/grassmann.html
I shudder to think of the amount of productive time (both micro i.e. personal and macro i.e. company) wasted trying to get a bunch of people to come to a consensus. The other problem with a consensus opinion is it never reflects anyone’s personal opinion, so no one can ever really get behind it and champion it and consequentially no one really cares.
As they sagely used to say, “in all the towns and all the cities, there are no statues to committees. “
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