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Practical writing on how teams decide: capturing decisions where they happen, keeping them findable, and making them stay decided. Written by the founder; no growth-hacked listicles. Also see the decision-making glossary or subscribe via RSS.
16 July 2026 · 7 min read
A chief of staff's guide to tracking decisions across a fast-moving team
Chiefs of staff sit across every team's decisions and own none of the tools that record them. A practical weekly system for tracking decisions you didn't make, without building a dashboard nobody feeds.
15 July 2026 · 6 min read
One-way vs two-way door decisions: how to tell which kind you're making
Not every decision deserves the same deliberation. The one-way/two-way door framework tells you when to move fast and when to slow down, if you classify decisions correctly. Here is how to actually do that.
14 July 2026 · 7 min read
How to document decisions in Microsoft Teams without another dead wiki page
Microsoft Teams is where decisions get made and where they get buried in channels, chats, and Wiki tabs nobody opens. A working system for documenting decisions in Teams: what holds up, what doesn't, and when a tool earns its keep.
11 July 2026 · 6 min read
AI meeting notetakers vs chat-based decision capture: what each one misses
Fathom, Fireflies, and Otter all surface decisions from your meetings now. Here is the real, structural gap they cannot close, and when you need chat-based capture alongside them, not instead.
11 July 2026 · 7 min read
RACI vs DACI vs RAPID: which framework fits your decision
RACI, DACI, and RAPID all assign roles, but for different jobs: ongoing work, a single decision, or a rare high-stakes call. Here is how to tell them apart and which one your team actually needs.
9 July 2026 · 6 min read
A decision log template your team will actually use (free download)
A free decision log template in Markdown and CSV, plus the five fields that matter, the ones that don't, and why most decision logs die within a month.
3 July 2026 · 7 min read
How to document decisions in Slack without killing the conversation
Slack is where teams decide and where decisions get lost. Here is a working system for documenting decisions in Slack: conventions that stick, ones that don't, and when to use a tool.
26 June 2026 · 5 min read
Meeting minutes vs decision records: what your team actually needs
Meeting minutes capture what was said. Decision records capture what was settled. Confusing the two is why nobody reads your minutes and old debates keep reopening.
19 June 2026 · 6 min read
Why teams relitigate decisions (and how to make them stay decided)
The same debate keeps coming back: new hires reopen settled questions, silence gets mistaken for agreement, and nobody can find the original reasoning. Here is why, and the fix.
11 June 2026 · 6 min read
A decision journal practice for product teams
Decision journals are a private tool for better judgment. Here is how product teams adapt the practice to roadmap calls, scope cuts, and build-vs-buy decisions.
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