Thinking & decisions21 categories
Map who this decision lands on
A change that will affect people who are not in the room when it is made.
Longstakeholdersorganisation
Map the people affected by this decision. For each stakeholder or group: - What they want, in their own terms rather than as I would characterise it - What they lose, including things they value that I might not think of as losses - How much power they have to block, slow, or quietly ignore this - What they need to hear, and from whom, for this to go well Then: 1. Who has been left out of my list? Look for people downstream of the change who never get consulted. 2. Where is the genuine conflict of interest, as opposed to a misunderstanding that better communication would fix? 3. Who should I talk to first, and what should I ask them rather than tell them? The decision and who I think is affected:
Making it yours
- Paste your own material where the prompt asks for it. Everything above that line is instruction, not content.
- Delete any rule that does not apply to you. A shorter prompt that fits beats a thorough one that does not.
- If the answer comes back vague, add a line saying what you do not want. Constraints work better than encouragement.
Stress-testing a plan. Pre-mortems, arguing the other side, and following the consequences past the first order.
Related prompts
Run a pre-mortem on this planBefore committing to a plan that people are already enthusiastic about.Argue hard against the option I pickedWhen you have already chosen and want the case against before you announce it.What happens after the thing I want happens?Any change where the first-order effect is obvious and everyone stopped thinking there.Argue the other sideWhen you have already decided and want the decision tested.What is the worst case?Anxiety about a decision you have not actually sized.What if I do nothing?Before acting because acting feels better than waiting.
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