This is a fantastic trait I learned from this essay today. Almost step by step:

Arindam Basu

·Dec 11, 2020

Step 1: build a team

Step 2: set up a meeting

Step 3: Listen to EVERY voice in the meeting, give EVERYONE a chance to speak and fearlessly press opinion

Step 3a: Allow at least one contrarian in the team

Step 4: Get all the facts, match them, listen to experts

Step 5: Make a decision matching your own thoughts and philosophy about the right thing to do!

Wow!

…orize the raid to take out Osama bin Laden. It was an operation rife with uncertainty and risk. So, I ran a tight process. I trusted my team. I listened to every voice in the room. I gave myself space to think. And then I made a decision that reflected my own personal sense of what was right.

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