Making decisions as an individual has its challenges, but having to make decisions as a group adds many other layers of complexity. To talk about that, I brought my friend, Alexis Gonzales-Black onto today's show. Alexis is a Partner and the org design lead at August Public. Before August, she led the implementation of Holacracy at Zappos and helped shape an emerging org design practice for world-class clients at IDEO. She is an expert in organization design and is driven by a desire to make workplaces more inclusive, agile, and fun.In this episode, we talk about what she's noticing about the future of work in a hybrid environment, why consensus is not the right approach 90% of the time, what truly inclusive decision processes look like, and a quick reframe that enables you to make group decisions faster.Topics covered03:02 Moving from remote to hybrid06:16 Decision making as a persistent challenge09:04 We love consensus09:47 Decision making as a spectrum10:46 Two other approaches to try16:22 Stakeholder mapping18:26 Inclusion in decision-making processes21:05 What's possible when you reframe decision making as a skill learned over time22:25 What happens when you push decision making down to the levels closest to the work23:29 Leading the roll out of Holocracy at Zappos25:09 A tangent on releasing ourselves from the idea that we can achieve certainty26:01 Back to Holocracy at Zappos29:13 Human centered org design at IDEO31:28 What has been most fascinating about the work at August Public35:23 Decision making as a perfect proxy for understanding what's going on in an organization37:30 Key things to remember or tryGuest BioAlexis is a Partner and the Org Design lead at August Public. She is an expert in organization design, change activation, and the future of work. Over the past 15 years, she's worked with some of the world's most respected companies to design innovative organizational practices and implement large, complex change programs. Before August, she led the implementation of Holacracy at Zappos and helped shape an emerging org design practice for world-class clients at IDEO. She is driven by a desire to make workplaces more inclusive, agile, and fun.ResourcesLearn from the experts at August Public: https://www.aug.co/learningTo learn more from Michelle about decision making, check outThe Ask A Decision Engineer websiteHer Stanford Continuing Studies courseHer self-paced course Decision Toolkit for Personal DecisionsHer Decision Toolkit for Coaches and Counselors virtual workshop on Maven 
About Michelle FlorendoMichelle Florendo is a Stanford-trained decision engineer and executive coach who is on a mission to teach people how to make decisions with less stress and more clarity. Over the past decade, she has coached and taught hundreds of leaders across tech, healthcare, and financial services, in organizations ranging from pre-IPO startups to major tech companies like Amazon, Google, and Salesforce.  She's been an adjunct lecturer at Stanford, helps train coaches as a faculty coach for Berkeley Executive Coaching Institute, and hosts the podcast, Ask A Decision Engineer. She earned her engineering degree from Stanford and her MBA from UC Berkeley.For those interested in exploring Michelle's coaching and speaking services further, additional information can be found on her professional website at poweredbydecisions.com.

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