Here is a short read previewing an upcoming book about companies that make great decisions.  Having an advantage at decision making over competitors can make for a huge advantage in the marketplace as products reach c0nsumers more quickly, quality is higher, and employees are happier in these kinds of organizations.

We think that organizations with good judgment have a number of typical attributes. One is that they involve a number of different people in making important decisions. Their senior executives keep in mind that they don’t have a monopoly on knowledge and judgment and therefore involve multiple people in decision processes.

The short blog post linked below highlights how some things work at Pixar that are part of their “high-quality decision making culture.”  Furthermore, it is easy to pick out some things like Pixar University and manager autonomy that relate to things like the Learning & Growth perspective of the balanced scorecard that we have discussed in class.

Read more at: Five Ways Pixar Makes Better Decisions – Tom Davenport – Harvard Business Review.