The Decision Maker: Unlock the Potential of Everyone in Your Organization, One Decision at a Time by Dennis W. Bakke

The Decision Maker: Unlock the Potential of Everyone in Your Organization, One Decision at a Time Reviews

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  Quinton

  An interesting idea on how to make decisions within an organization. I'd be willing to experiment with this and would love to hear from other organizations that are doing this. Will be doing some more research into it.
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  Elizabeth

  I thought this book offered great insights on how to put the best practices in place.
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  Da_sh

  хорошая идея, правильная
  (были бы люди еще такие правильные, давно бы освоили космос и жили бы в социализме)
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  Aiva

  Очень ламповая книга. Прямо не верится, что эти вещи могут работать, но читать приятно. Похоже на Deadline от ДеМарко.
  
  Основные принципы управления:
  - Каждый уникален
  - Каждый способен творчески подходить к работе
  - Каждый способен учиться
  - Каждый ошибается
  - Каждый любит сложности (слово из книги, лучше заменить на "вызов" или другой более удачный перевод слова challange)
  - Каждый хочет внести свой вклад
  - Каждый несет ответственность за себя и свои действия
  - Каждый способен принимать важные решения
  
  Критерии определения человека, принимающего решения:
  - Близость к проблеме
  - Точка зрения и кругозор (способность посмотреть на проблему с разных сторон)
  - Опыт (принятия подобных решений)
  - Мудрость
  
  Принципы сбор мнений для принятия решений:
  - Опыт
  - Должность (разные должности и места в иерархии - разные перспективы)
  - Ответственность (человек, отвечающий за подготовку и принятие решения несет за него ответственность)
  - Вовлеченность (привлеченные к принятию решения люди больше втягиваются в работу)
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  Jonathan

  Had low expectations but was pleasantly surprised by this book. It reminds me of
  Ray Dalio's management system of "radical transparency" which he describes in his series of books on Principles, but with more of an emphasis just on people rather than on describing specific processes.
  
  However, what the author does not say is that he was forced to resign from his company, AES, back in 2002 after fallout in the Enron scandal following the Dot-Com bubble; the company survived but still has not recovered to its 2000 peak. It seems like an interesting case to study in more detail.
  
  Overall the book offers a simple and optimistic thesis which may not be fully proven by the historical evidence, but I agree with the author on some of the basic ideas presented in this book.
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  Harshdeep

  Book-Level: Beginner
  
  This book presents little chapters which nicely threads a running story of decision making. Shows all the advantages and challenges of decentralized decision making.
  
  Reminds me Toyota Way, which represents the same ethos.
  
  Few good points from this book.
  - Leader decides on decision maker.
  - Decision makers are responsible for making decision.
  - Decision makers needs to take advice of other experts around to validate their decision.
  - And, at the end, decision ownership is still with decision makers.
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  Matt Thackston

  A lot of the advice about distributing decisions in an organization is really great, but the writing isn't. This reads like a trashy romance novel without the romance. The plot is simplistic, incredibly predictable and it avoids most of the likely problems you'd face in an organization while trying to adopt this philosophy. It's also written an roughly a 6th grade level. I think a non-fiction approach would have served the material better.
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  Michael T Higgins

  Easy read, great practical advice
  
  The author walks you through a fictional account of the process of applying the decision maker principles in a way that is accessible. I can see myself applying these principles at work and know there will the challenges with doing so. But I feel equipped to deal with them given the way these problems were dealt with in this story.
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  Ron

  Fairly good narrative, and the ideas they try to expose are good, in line with modern day Software Engineering (my line of work), however the writing format is just not for me, filled with padding like "he said", "she said" etc
  
  Perhaps a nice formatted blog post would be a better way to consume this content. Otherwise it's just a story telling
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  Tim Duff

  Great book about turning executive type decisions to the people who work in the company and are the closest to the decisions that need to be made. A rebuke of top-down management and giving workers autonomy through advice to make decisions and be held accountable for them producing a more engaged and happier workforce.
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  Aliaksei

  Легко читается. Содержит несколько хороших идей по построению культуры, где люди учатся принимать решения сами.
  Одна из главных в том, что нельзя изменить только одну вещь начиная трансформацию компании.
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  Tomáš Zahradník

  Naprosto famózní příběh, který mě překvapil a dal nový/nekonvenční pohled na “řízení” lidí. Vůbec o žádné řízení nejde. Jde jen o předání rozhodnutí a zodpovědnosti. Doporučuji — čte se sama a máte ji za pár hodin nachytřenou v hlavě.
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  Eric

  A solid book about unblocking your teammates so they can focus their energy on making the decisions they have expertise in. Wrapped in a simple story that made it easy to read, albeit the story may be too simple at times and feel forced.
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  Steven J. Goodwin

  A simple, but superior book that offers a fabled demonstration of what being a Theory Y leader looks like. If only more managers read this and put these principles into practice, workplaces would be more productive and more humane.
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  Michael Arnold

  GRT ideas on how to run a company! Good audiobook, it's a story like a Ken Blanchard style book.
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  Denis Vasilev

  Не люблю бизнес басни, хотя идеи бирюзовой организации и привлекательны.
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  Alli Tripp

  A good example and reasoning for why people other than managers should have involvement in the decision process, how it's effective and why it works better