You Don’t Need Consensus. You Need Clarity.

Trying to please everyone is the fastest route to pleasing no one.

Innovation by committee tends to shrink the bold bits and stretch the bland ones. You don’t need everyone to agree. You just need everyone to understand what’s happening and why.

Too often we allow people to ‘self-recruit’ to projects - and then wield a veto.

Clarity beats consensus. It’s OK if some people aren’t happy.

👉 Look at the lines on this diagram, showing how fast lines of communications grow when project teams grow. THIS is why not everyone can be involved.

Take Action

If you’re a leader:

Name the decider. Say it out loud. Stick to it.

If you’re a team member:

Don’t lobby for consensus. Push for clarity. “Who’s making the call and when?”