Insights — Framework
A diagnostic for how fast a specific decision actually moves through an organisation, and where it stalls.
Overview
Most organisations can describe their formal decision-making process. Few can describe how long a specific, real decision actually took to move from identification to resolution last quarter — or where, precisely, it stalled along the way.
The Decision Velocity Framework is a diagnostic tool we use to trace a specific decision's actual path through an organisation, measure the time spent at each stage, and identify the point where authority and information genuinely converge — as distinct from the point the process chart says they should.
Select a specific, real decision from the recent past rather than a hypothetical one.
Map every person and committee the decision actually passed through.
Time how long the decision spent at each stage, not just the total elapsed time.
Identify the stage consuming disproportionate time relative to its actual complexity.
Reassign decision rights to close the gap between the fastest and slowest comparable paths.