People & Organisation
COO decision canvas
A practical decision guide addressing this question: Does the company need a COO, a different functional executive, or a stronger leadership team?
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COO decision canvas vs Reorganization decision canvas
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Reorganization decision canvas
A practical decision guide addressing this question: Is a reorganization necessary, and what problem should it solve?
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Use the COO decision canvas when several reasonable paths exist in executive teams and boards, the trade offs cannot all be removed, and the decision needs to be explained later. Agree how founder strengths, work gaps, and scale trigger will be judged before advocating an option.
Use the reorganization decision canvas when several reasonable paths exist in team development, the trade offs cannot all be removed, and the decision needs to be explained later. Agree how trigger, evidence, and desired outcome will be judged before advocating an option.
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COO decision canvas
- Write the recommendation only after the criteria for founder strengths and work gaps are agreed. Preserve the rejected option, accepted trade off, dissent, and review trigger alongside the final choice.
- Name the live case. Write the specific situation to which the COO decision canvas is being applied and the decision, output, or behavior that may change.
- Set the evidence boundary. Agree the scope, owner, participants, period, and evidence source before completing founder strengths and work gaps.
Watch for
- Do not let a polished COO decision canvas hide a biased frame. Missing options, criteria chosen after seeing the answer, or an unclear decider can predetermine the result.
Reorganization decision canvas
- Write the recommendation only after the criteria for trigger and evidence are agreed. Preserve the rejected option, accepted trade off, dissent, and review trigger alongside the final choice.
- Name the live case. Write the specific situation to which the reorganization decision canvas is being applied and the decision, output, or behavior that may change.
- Set the evidence boundary. Agree the scope, owner, participants, period, and evidence source before completing trigger and evidence.
Watch for
- Do not let a polished reorganization decision canvas hide a biased frame. Missing options, criteria chosen after seeing the answer, or an unclear decider can predetermine the result.
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