Define: "Decisioning" in Business
High risk of unnecessary meetings
"Whenever someone says 'decisioning' in a meeting, ask them who is personally accountable if the choice fails. Watch the room go dead silent."
The structured, data-driven, or automated process of arriving at an operational or strategic business choice.
What does "Decisioning" actually mean?
"Turning a simple noun into a four-syllable gerund so consultants can bill $400 an hour to pick option B."
"Our new workflow engine streamlines credit-risk decisioning across regional branches."
"We spent six weeks in the decisioning phase just to conclude we cannot afford the firewall upgrade."
By The Chief Waste Officer
18 years in the corporate trenches quantifying waste so you don't have to.
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