Product development guiding principle: Consent over consensus

<h1>Unilateral decisions lead to false progress.</h1> <p>When decisions are made unilaterally, it tends to lead to false progress. You&rsquo;re unlikely to have buy-in and you miss out on any perspective that the broader group might have had.</p> <p><img alt="“We don’t have time! I’ll make the decision myself!” leading to “Why can’t we execute?!?”" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:700/1*vVAiBBV0QaShvvsst4dLPw.png" style="height:373px; width:700px" /></p> <p>Unilateral decisions tend to lead to false progress</p> <h1>Consensus leads to slow decision-making.</h1> <p>When decisions are made by consensus, decisions can take a long time, and may never resolve. The more people that are involved in a consensus decision, the worse this will get.</p> <p>Consensus is essentially a universal veto which can systemically bog down progress by placing all the burden on anyone who proposes change.&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="https://jchyip.medium.com/guiding-principle-consent-over-consensus-8aee08540d62"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>