CONSULTANCY · DECISION DESIGN
Most leadership teams apply one decision process to every situation — and pay a hidden price. The Decision Cube™ gives your organisation the architecture to decide well, on every type of decision, consistently.
OF RESOURCES LOST TO UNARCHITECTED DECISIONS
ORGANISATIONS GUIDED
DECISION PROTOCOLS IN THE FRAMEWORK
CLIENT SATISFACTION
“Spend some effort in figuring out why each decision did or did not pan out. Doing that systematically is key: really try to question the way you make decisions, and improve it.”
― DANIEL KAHNEMAN - NOBEL PRIZE WINNER & AUTHOR "THINKING, FAST AND SLOW"
THE HIDDEN COST
Unarchitected decision-making doesn't show up on your P&L — but research consistently shows it erodes over 7% of organisational resources annually. Here's where it leaks.
The Meeting Tax
Senior executives spend 50% of their time in meetings — over 60% of it ineffectively. That's pure salary and opportunity cost, gone.
McKinsey & Company, 2019
The Noise Tax
Random inconsistency in professional judgment across your leadership team. Same decision, different outcome, depending on the day, the mood, the room.
Kahneman, Sibony & Sunstein, 2021
The Bias Gas
Strategic investments driven by overconfidence rather than structured decision hygiene yield systematically lower returns on investment.
Lovallo & Sibony, HBR 2010
OUR PROPRIETARY FRAMEWORK
Most organisations know that process matters. So they adopt a decision framework — consensus, voting, consultation — and apply it uniformly. That's the mistake.
A Rubicon decision (high impact, non-reversible, rare) needs maximum friction: red teaming, pre-mortem analysis, independent judgment before discussion.
An Engine Room decision (high impact, high frequency, reversible) needs velocity: algorithmic guardrails that remove the need for human deliberation entirely.
Applying the same protocol to both doesn't create consistency. It creates systematic error.
Impact x Frequency x Reversibility = 8 decision profiles
STRATEGIC HIGH STAKES
Rubicon
High impact · Low freq · Non-reversible
Maximum Friction — Red Teaming
High-Wire
High Impact · Low freq · Non-reversible
Human Alignment — Blind Voting
Experiment
High Impact · Low freq · Reversible
Adaptive Agility — Kill Switches
Engine Room
High Impact · High freq · Reversible
Velocity — Algorithmic Rules
OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY
Legacy Trap
Low impact · Low freq · Non-reversible
Zero-Based Thinking
Distraction
Low impact · Low freq · Reversible
2-Minute Delegate Filter
Bottleneck
Low impact · Low freq · Non-reversible
Strategic Empowerment
Paperclip
Low impact · High freq · Reversible
Standardised Rules
HOW WE WORK
We don't hand over a framework and leave. We work with your leadership team to diagnose, redesign, and embed decision architecture that becomes part of how your organisation operates.
A diagnostic of your current decision landscape — where value is leaking, which decisions are being misclassified, and where the highest-impact interventions lie. Delivered in 15 minutes to start, then in depth.
We map your organisation's key decision types to the 8 profiles of the Decision Cube™ and co-design the appropriate protocol for each — tailored to your governance structure and culture.
Architecture only works if it's used. We embed the protocols into your existing rhythms — ExCo agendas, governance structures, leadership routines — so the framework outlasts the engagement.
A brief conversation is the best starting point. Tell us a little about your situation and we will arrange an introductory meeting.
Or reach us directly:
info@humaninsight.be +32 494 75 10 62
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