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Post-Workshop Materials ¡ Oct 2025
Key Actions & Commitments
From Awareness to Action: Decision-Making ImprovementsÂ
Assign a Clear âDâ + Simplify the Ask
- Assign clear decision owners for each PT topic â no consensus required.
- Request one decision-maker (âDâ) depending on topic context.
- Ensure a TAG member sponsors each topic for accountability.
- Hold quarterly âHealth Checkâ discussions on decision-making effectiveness.
Key Commitments
- Simplify complex topics before presenting to the team.
- Have the courage to pause when waiting for critical go/no-go information.
- Reduce rework by defining clear roles and responsibilities upfront.
Invite Dissenting & Global Voices
- Ask âWho havenât we heard from yet?â during each meeting.
- Use smaller breakout discussions to balance airtime.
- Normalize discomfort as a sign of growth and trust.
Key Commitments
- Empower ânay-sayersâ to speak up, even if introverted.
- Give space for dissenting views â silence is not agreement.
- Acknowledge discomfort in uncertainty and silence.
Clarify Communication Flow & Sponsorship
- Assign TAG member sponsors for each topic and establish visible champions for key commitments.
- Increase regular alignment sessions and informal exchanges to improve coordination, partnership trust, and team cohesion.
Key Commitments
- Chris: Clarify communication flow and rules of engagement with TAG. Lead consistent follow-up on decisions and strengthen partnership trust through ongoing alignment.
- Dan: Simplify the âaskâ and streamline TAG presentations. Assign a clear âDâ (Decision Owner) for each topic and partner with TAG sponsors to reinforce accountability.
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Team Workshop ReportÂ
Full workshop synthesis including key actions, commitments & next steps.
TCI - Team Diagnostic Report
The full team diagnostic report through Team Coaching International.
Team Feedback ReportÂ
Full feedback report shared during feedback session pre-workshop.Â
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AÂ report comparing the feedback synthesized by sub-teams.
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Purpose
Capture off-agenda ideas without derailing focus; keep what matters now, next, and later visible.
Why It Matters
Prevents re-hash and drift; creates a rhythm of capture â classify â revisit with ownership.
Capture with Purpose
Log ideas/questions that arise â without opening a new discussion.
Classify by Priority
L1 Now ¡ L2 30â60 days ¡ L3 90+ / informational.
Filter with Intent
Relevant? Supported by data? Requires team time or offline research?
Assign Ownership
Every item has a champion to research, revisit, or present.
Revisit with Rhythm
Dedicate 5â10 minutes each meeting or review monthly to clear/elevate/archive.
Decide with Discipline
Use urgent vs. important; focus where impact is greatest.
Check-in Cues
- Ask: âAny Parking Lot items to elevate today?â
- Review monthly or bi-monthly; hold a separate clearing session if needed.
- Archive items older than 90 days or move to a roadmap.
- Ensure each entry has a champion and next step.
Thinking in Bets
Annie Duke shows how to frame choices under uncertainty using probabilities, scenario thinking, and learning loops.
Superforecasting
Tetlock & Gardner distill practices of top forecastersâcalibration, updating, and decomposing complex questions.
Noise
Kahneman, Sibony & Sunstein explain decision ânoiseâ (unwanted variability) and how to reduce it with decision hygiene.
Radical Uncertainty
Kay & King argue for narratives and âplausibleâ reasoning when data are insufficientâchoosing robust, not fragile, strategies.
The Scout Mindset
Julia Galef contrasts âsoldierâ vs. âscoutâ thinking and offers tools to seek truth, not defense, in decisions.
The Surprising Science of Meetings
Steven Rogelberg provides research-backed tactics for agendas, participation, and facilitation that improve meeting outcomes.
The Elements of Good Judgment
Likierman outlines six habitsâcuriosity, humility, independent thinking, and evidence useâto lift daily decision quality.
How to Make Great Decisions, Quickly
Moore shows how context clarity, decision rights, and disciplined communication enable speed without losing quality.
Make Better Decisions by Challenging Your Expectations
Reduce bias and overconfidence by deliberately testing assumptions and seeking disconfirming evidence.
When to Stop Deliberating and Just Make a Decision
Davenport explains how to avoid analysis paralysis and recognize the âgood-enough to actâ threshold.
What AI-Driven Decision Making Looks Like
Colson describes how AI augments human judgment, clarifying where algorithms and experience best combine.
Building a Culture That Embraces Data and AI
Davenport details cultural shifts that allow data-driven decisions while preserving agility and creativity.
A Checklist for Making Faster, Better Decisions
Larsonâs concise checklist helps teams simplify complexity, clarify ownership, and commit to action.
Outsmart Your Own Biases
Soll, Milkman & Payne offer practical checks to counter confirmation, availability, and anchoring biases.
A Leaderâs Framework for Decision Making (Cynefin)
Snowden & Booneâs Cynefin model helps leaders match decision strategies to contextâobvious, complicated, complex, or chaotic.
About the Cynefin Framework
The Cynefin Companyâs overview of the framework, its origins, and how to use it for sense-making and strategy.
Waterfall vs. Agile â Using the Cynefin Framework
Applies Cynefin to method choice, showing when structured vs. adaptive approaches fit different complexity domains.
