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by AnimalMuppet 876 days ago
It's often easier to not make a stupid decision than to make a good one. I think this approach is geared toward stopping stupid decisions, rather than actually making decisions. But there is some genuine value in that...
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There is of course value in stopping stupid decisions, and every org should have some form of control for avoiding a director going completely crazy. But when you implement such independent compliance functions then how do you get anything done other than maintaining the status quo?

Think about developing a new automation project/feature that reduces some cost while increasing some risk in a controlled way. If you have a decision body with people who only own costs vs. people who only own risks you'll be in deadlocked forever.