Make a high-stakes decision with a real process, not just a gut call
Big decisions deserve more structure than "sleep on it," and less ceremony than a full committee.
- Outcome
- A decision made with real tradeoffs weighed, a pre-mortem run, and a clear rationale you could explain to someone else later.
- Time
- 45-90 minutes
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Big decisions often get made by gut feel dressed up after the fact with reasons that fit the conclusion, or by endless deliberation that never converges. This playbook runs three connected steps — weighting the real criteria, scoring the options against them, and pre-mortem-ing the leading option before committing — so the decision is actually examined, without turning into weeks of analysis paralysis.
When not to use this
For a low-stakes or easily reversible decision, this process is more ceremony than the decision deserves — just decide. This is for choices expensive or awkward to reverse once made.
Did this work?
You can explain the decision to someone else in terms of specific tradeoffs weighed and risks considered, not just "it felt right."
Tested on claude-opus-5. Evidence status is draft; it moves to battle-tested only on recorded runs, never by hand.