Decision-making Buff Prints

"Unless you have a better idea."

The Businessmen Have to Make Decisions from Many Options

Brian wanted to call the presentation "Synergy". Paula wanted to call it "Cooperation". They could never agree.

'We're finding out that those 'wrongs' we made 'right' were actually right after all.'

'We're making progress. I just got a firm 'maybe'.'

Desk trays - 'In', 'Out', and 'It depends'.

"I don't know what I want, but I do know what I don't want, and I won't know one until I see the other."

"I might just get a pie."

"Remember, Man of good Sense not here to do work on your behalf. Man of good Sense only here to help you on strategic level until you wise enough to overcome recession."

Traffic Management Strategic Group

'I think I'm decisive. Can I get back to you on that?'

'Henry was an undecided voter four years ago when he entered that voting booth, and I'm still waiting for him to decide and come home.'

'Someone round here has to make the important decisions.'

"The key to making the right decision is knowing which coin to flip."

Fork in the trail.

"The vote is tied. Half of us think the proposed plan is astoundingly asinine, and the other half finds it stupid beyond belief. Let's try to find a middle ground here, people!"

The inevitable conflict of interest facing every crisis manager.

Illogic Tree

"Do you know why you never made VP? Indecisiveness. You're still indecisive!"

'Unfortunately when our last window of opportunity opened up, we mistakenly crawled out of it rather than into it.'

'Investors Chronicle' "How do I know whether to buy it or not?"

'Well, do you want to sign up or not?' - 'Um...yes and no.'

'Narrow my options down to the good, the bad, and the ugly.'

Business cartoon of businessman in his office, a stop sign and nameplate that reads 'decisions stop here'.

'You may choose either everlasting life or whatever is behind the curtain.'

"Take this box of rumors, innuendo and hearsay and turn it into decisive leadership."

"Finally I've been given some real authority. I get to choose what roast we order."

'Well, it looks like the 'yea' has it.'

I hear you are good at making snap decisions.

The emergence of a leader.

'Middle managers play tennis.'

'They've been like this ever since Mary presented her report. It's the worst case of paralysis by analysis I've ever seen!'

'So that's three 'yes' and two 'no' and one 'maybe yes maybe no'.'

Office of Strategic Scenarios: 'Best case...Worst case.'