In high-growth firms, executive decisions often dissolve on contact with reality. Ownership is unclear, debate continues after the meeting, rationale gets lost, and teams reinterpret outcomes to protect local priorities. This creates re-litigation, stalled delivery, and a culture of “we’ll wait and see”, while the C Suite burns time re-deciding the same issues.
This Playbook sets practical decision governance for the exec team: clear decision rights, disciplined debate-before and execute-after norms, and lightweight traceability so decisions have memory. It defines how decisions propagate, how commitments are made explicit, and when revisits are legitimate. It helps leaders create durability without over-engineering the operating model.