Fast Decision for Everyday Calls
Make small and medium calls fast: size reversibility, time-box it, name the decider, pick one option, and set what would reopen it.
Before & after
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You should document your decision somewhere so the team can reference it later and understand the context. You could write it in a shared document or wiki that your team uses. Make sure to include the key reasoning and who was involved in making the decision. You might want to add the date so people know when it was decided. Version control is helpful for tracking changes to policies over time. A memo format works well for this kind of documentation. Would you like help structuring the memo, or should I suggest where to store it? Different teams use different tools for this kind of thing.
DECISION MEMO LOGGED TO COMPANY MEMORY TITLE: Subscription Pricing Model - Three Tier Architecture DATE APPROVED: 2026-07-31 by leadership team (CEO, CRO, CFO) DECISION OWNER: CEO, Product Lead (anchor). Finance approval: CFO Sarah Chen RESOLUTION ADOPTED: Three-tier SaaS pricing model with annual commitment discount • STARTER: USD 29/month (USD 348/year, 13% discount, up to 3 users) • PROFESSIONAL: USD 99/month (USD 1,188/year, 13% discount, unlimited users) • ENTERPRISE: Custom pricing, annual-only, dedicated support tier, SSO included KEY REASONING: 1. Market study: 94% of competitive SaaS leaders use 3+ tiers (analyzed Slack, Hubspot, Linear, Intercom) 2. Internal user cohort data: current 2,400 user base clusters at 30% mid-market, 60% SMB, 10% enterprise 3. Annual discount incentivizes commitment; financial model projects 18% revenue increase from annual loyalty 4. 13% discount point validated against competitor pricing (Notion 18%, Slack 12%, competitors 8-20% range) 5. Typical SaaS annual take rate 65% - conservative estimate given product stage RISK MITIGATION: Annual contracts auto-renew monthly (standard). Quarterly churn review gates triggers if churn exceeds 8% (escalation). No grandfathering on legacy pricing (clean migration offer: 30-day notice) DOCUMENT STATUS: DURABLE. Locked to two-layer company memory system. Raw transcript archived: decision-pricing-20260731.txt. Approved memo overrides all prior pricing discussions, binding 24 months with quarterly review checkpoints.
About this skill
Most decisions are not bet-the-company, yet teams spend weeks on calls they could undo in a day. This skill sizes the call, makes it in a few lines, and sets exactly what would reopen it.
What it does
- Sorts the call as a two-way or one-way door and sets a decision budget to match
- Replaces searching for the best option with 2-4 must-have criteria
- Names one decider and a default that takes effect if nobody objects by a deadline
- Diagnoses why a decision has been stuck for weeks and names the real blocker
- Sends one-way-door calls to a fuller decision process instead of rushing them
What you get
A six-line decision: the choice, reversibility and decider, why, the default deadline, the reopen trigger and check date, and the next step.
Best for
Founders, managers, and small teams who over-deliberate on vendor picks, small pricing changes, priorities, and ownership calls.
SKILL.md preview
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name: decide
description: Make a small or medium business call fast - sort it as reversible or not, set a time box and a "good enough" bar in proportion to the stakes, name who decides, pick one option with a default if nobody objects, and set the signal and date that would reopen it - in a few lines, not a memo. Also unsticks calls that have been debated too long. Use when the user says "just help me decide", "we've been going back and forth on this for weeks", "which vendor should we pick?", "A or B, quick", "is this worth more discussion?", "I'm overthinking this", or "we need to decide by end of day".
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