Jacob Kaplan-Moss

Tag: Decisions

🔗 Decision making matrix for alpine climbing (#)

Great example of a simple risk framework in action.

May 13th, 2025 • climbing decisions risk

🔗 Navigators (#)

An alternate pattern to architecture teams for determining technical direction.

November 25th, 2023 • decisions management

SOCCR: the framework I use for decision briefs

In my previous article, I wrote about gathering consensus before a decision. Several folks asked for more detail about how I structure those consensus-gathering and decision-making exercises. There’s a specific format I find helpful, which I remember by the acronym SOCCR. Read on for an explanation and example!

How to gather consensus before a big decision

The next time you have an important proposal to make, don’t wait until the big meeting to ask for support. Here’s how to gather feedback and build consensus beforehand, so you can make that big meeting into a non-event.
January 18th, 2021 • decisions leadership management strategy