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Decision Debt: 4 Moves to Make Faster Leadership Decisions
33 minutes Posted Aug 25, 2026 at 4:00 pm.
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Decision debt is what you owe every time you defer a call, and it accrues interest.
Four moves cut it: ask what you need to know, sort by door type, push decision rights to the edge, and keep a decision ledger.

Deferring a decision feels like prudence, but the call you don't make starts accruing interest right away. Work stalls, and your team routes around the ambiguity you left behind. Junior and Dr. Tim Clark borrow the idea from tech debt and name the leadership version: decision debt.