Slow Is Not Thorough

Meetings that cap debate with a time limit and a clear decision rule produce better outcomes, even when people dislike the result. We accept a call we disagree with when we trust the process — and we trust the process when it is visible, consistent, and named in advance.

The trap is mistaking slow for thorough. A meeting that drags on because no one set a decision rule is not deeper — it is undisciplined. Give that same group a hard deadline and a named method, and the structure forces them to actually weigh options instead of circling them.