Death by committee

I am becoming a firm believer in act now, ask forgiveness later. The most inoccuous request becomes an executive committe meeting. Where corporate factions politicize and delay a business decision to the detriment of the workers that make the company money. By the time an inadequate and compromised decision comes down, I could have enacted the remedy, explained what I did to multiple levels of judgemental executives and signed my write up. Well, jobs aren't easy to come by so avoiding the write up is probably a good idea. The leadership we need is often our biggest roadblock. The excessive attention to professionalism and protocol stifles the need to get to a solution that benefits the business. Short of distributing copies of Fisher and Ury's "Getting to Yes", the chances of a solution that positively impacts the ground level business is nil. Assuming, of course, that they understand and apply what they read. This is my appeal to big wigs out there, SET THE IDEAS FREE. Get off the time devouring buy-in treadmill and turn your action bias into action. Save our ideas from death by committee.
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