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Administrative
Architecture Decision Records Archive
Each major decision: context, options, decision, consequences — one page, sequential.
50 min
Professional
Decision Journal
For every important decision, log: situation, options, expectation, reason — review after 6 months.
20 min
Professional
Decision Assumptions
Before any big decision, write 5 assumptions you relied on — test the weakest.
25 min
Professional
No-Decision Audit
Each month, list 5 decisions you didn't make — postponing IS a decision.
20 min
Administrative
RACI Matrix per Recurring Decision
For each recurring decision specify Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed — leave no column empty.
30 min
Administrative
24-Hour Pause Before Big Decisions
Any decision over 5000 SAR or 5 hours of impact — wait 24 hours before executing.
10 min
Administrative
Lightweight Daily Decision Log
One line per decision you make: what, why, and which alternative you rejected — takes only 30 seconds.
15 min
Leadership
70% Information Decision Rule (Bezos)
Don't wait for 90% information; major decisions are made at 70% — beyond that is costly delay.
12 min
Leadership
Consistency Check with Past Decisions
Compare your current decision to past decisions in similar situations — are you consistent or contradicting?
18 min
Leadership
24-Hour Decision Rule
Don't make a major financial/emotional/strategic decision before sleeping on it one full night.
5 min
Leadership
Decision Classification: Reversible?
Per decision: is it a two-way door (reversible) or one-way door?
20 min
Leadership
Weighted Decision Matrix
For decisions with 3+ options: 5 criteria, weights, 1-5 ratings, mathematical winner.
30 min
Leadership
Decision Journal
Per big leadership decision: your mental state, info, prediction, actual outcome. Learn from mistakes.
10 min
Leadership
The "Front Page Test" for Decisions
Before any sensitive decision, ask: if published with full detail on tomorrow's front page, would I defend it with pride or look for an exit?
15 min
Digital & AI
AI-Assisted Decision Journaling
Before a big decision, ask AI to surface your biases through questions (not give the answer), then log the decision and prediction for later review.
15 min
Administrative
Delegating Decisions, Not Tasks
Specify the decision-types (not tasks) you will delegate via an explicit authority ring.
30 min
Administrative
Monthly Decision Journal
Log every important decision with your prediction; review monthly for calibration accuracy.
30 min
Administrative
Architecture Decision Record (ADR)
Each significant decision: a text file with context, options, choice, consequences.
30 min
Administrative
Decision Rights Matrix
Per decision type: who proposes, decides, consulted, informed.
45 min
Leadership Free sample · no sign-in
Pre-Mortem: Imagining the Decision Failed
Before committing to a big decision, imagine it failed a year from now and list three primary causes.
20 min
Leadership
Ethical Decision Matrix
Before ethically murky decision, evaluate on 4 axes: legal/ethical/values/reputation.
30 min
Digital & AI
AI Limits in Personal Decisions
AI = info-gathering tool. Personal decisions (marriage, career, medical, friendship) = human decides.
15 min
Administrative
Decision Matrix With 5 Axes
Compare options across 5 weighted axes; compute the highest sum.
35 min
Leadership
10-10-10 Decision Rule (Suzy Welch)
Before any hard choice, ask: what is the consequence in 10 minutes? 10 months? 10 years?
8 min
Leadership
Ethical Decision-Making Under Commercial Pressure
When an urgent profit target conflicts with an ethical principle, write both sides explicitly on one page before deciding — don't let it be settled only in your head.
30 min
Social
Async vs Sync Decision
Use a matrix to decide when to message (async) vs call/meet (sync).
15 min
Leadership
Decision Equity Audit
Review your team's last 20 decisions (promotion, project, leave). Who gained? Who lost? Pattern reveals bias.
90 min
Leadership
Role-Model Decision Test
Imagine someone you deeply respect and ask: "What would you do in my place?"
10 min
Social
Rescue a Dead Meeting
Turn a dead meeting productive with three GROW questions and one clear decision.
30 min
Administrative
Decision Stress Test
Before big commitment: "what if X drops 50%?" Test plan robustness.
25 min
Leadership
First 72 Hours of Crisis: Decision Framework
In the first 72 hours of a crisis, 80% of the damage is locked in. This framework cuts damage in half.
60 min
Digital & AI
Inbox Zero
Rule: per email, one decision: reply in 2 min, delegate, defer, or delete. No "later".
45 min
Psychological
STOP in an Impulse Moment
Stop, take a breath, observe, proceed mindfully — four seconds save a decision.
3 min
Administrative
Annual Theme Instead of Resolutions
A single theme-word guides your year's decisions instead of forgotten resolutions.
30 min
Psychological
Crisis Survival
In intense crisis, no decisions. Calm first.
10 min
Professional
Pre-Mortem Analysis
Imagine your decision failed a year from now and write the reasons today — preventing 70% of catastrophes.
30 min
Professional
Personal Board of Directors
Appoint 5 people as your "personal career board" and review big decisions with them annually.
50 min
Professional
Reversible Sort
Sort 10 upcoming decisions into reversible/irreversible columns and set their speed.
20 min
Social
Boundary With Adult Parents
Set a loving boundary with your parents around a personal decision (job, marriage, parenting).
25 min
Administrative
10-10-10 Test
How will I feel about this decision in 10 minutes, 10 months, 10 years?
20 min
Administrative
Incident Commander Assignment
In crisis: one person leads, all report to them, fast decisions — not "committee".
30 min
Administrative
Influence Map
Who influences whom? — draw network to know "who talks to whom to shift decision".
45 min
Administrative
Zero-Based KPI Audit
Delete every KPI you track, and re-add only what someone can prove actually changes a real decision.
45 min
Leadership
Reversible vs Irreversible Doors
Distinguish decisions you can reverse cheaply from those you can't — then treat them differently.
10 min
Leadership
Devil's Advocate
Designate one person — or take the role yourself — as official critic before approving any major decision.
30 min
Leadership
Knowledge Reversal Test
Imagine entering the decision with what you know today — would you still make it?
10 min
Leadership
Mini Pre-Mortem for Leaders
15 min before a big decision: imagine it failed a year later, list 5 likely causes with mitigations.
15 min
Leadership
AI Ethics Boundary
Set clear policy: which decisions will never be delegated to AI in your team.
30 min
Leadership
Bias Mitigation Plan
Before people-affecting decision, identify 3 potential biases and create a shield for each.
30 min
Leadership
Managing a Boss Who Is Never Around
When your manager is consistently unavailable, request a fixed weekly "decision window" instead of waiting for a spontaneous moment that won't come.
25 min
Parenting
Graduated Autonomy Granting
Hand your teen one new decision each month — Lisa Damour's autonomy-training plan.
30 min
Psychological
Three-Word Year Theme
Pick 3 words for next year — focuses decisions.
30 min
Professional
Industry Trend Scan
Each quarter, read 5 industry-future reports and extract one decision that protects your career.
120 min
Professional
2-Way vs 1-Way Door
Classify decision: reversible (2-way door) or not (1-way)? Required speed differs.
15 min
Administrative
Facilitate "Write Before Speak"
For every group decision: 3 minutes of silent individual writing before any discussion.
25 min
Administrative
2-Way Door vs 1-Way Door Sort
Two-way-door decisions move fast with no meetings; one-way-door demands scrutiny.
20 min
Administrative
"Consider the Opposite" Practice
Before confirming a decision, spend 10 minutes writing the counter-case forcefully.
20 min
Administrative
Consult 5 Different People
Before big decisions, consult 5 from varied lenses (expertise, age, culture, bias).
60 min
Administrative
Worst-Best-Expected Scenario Analysis
Each big decision: 3 numeric scenarios, not "hope for the best".
30 min
Leadership
Circle of Competence
Know precisely what you actually understand, and don't make major decisions outside that circle.
25 min
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