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My Favorite Decision-Making Frameworks

Lenny Rachitsky · Lenny's Newsletter Freemium Intermediate

A practical roundup of the frameworks that startups actually use to break ties without drama, including role-centric decision making and disagree-and-commit. It helps you pick a lightweight system that fits a two person company rather than a corporate approval chain. Skim it to steal one method you can apply to the stack question this week.

• Match the decision framework to the size of the decision, do not over-process small calls.
• The person making the final call should own the outcome that follows.
• A named process beats re-negotiating how you decide every single time.