Decision-making Maverick Prints

'All those in favour of my new proposal say aye. Those against, also say aye.'

Career Suicide

'Carol, get me one of my attorneys, and one of my accountants, then fire the ethicist.'

'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'.'

'All those in favor of having anchovies on our pizza will signify by saying aye.'

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

Gene Therapy

Traffic Management Strategic Group

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

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

Fork in the trail.

"Use your head, follow your heart and go with your gut."

"Heads, we go with the analytics. Tails, we don't."

"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.

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

Illogic Tree

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

'The trick is to be gentle yet firm in negotiations. I prefer soft money and hard liquor.'

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

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

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

I hear you are good at making snap decisions.

'Then it's agreed - we all keep our arms raised until someone blinks.'

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

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

Enter. Exit. Your Choice

'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.'

'I hate long meetings so in order to save time can we agree to talk at once?'

The Do/Don't Decision Makers.

Higher Instincts/Middling Instincts/Baser Instincts.

I've learned over the years that for every action, there is equal and opposite blowback.