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One-Way or Two-Way Doors

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One-Way or Two-Way Doors

Benn Stancil wrote about measuring analytics success by speed of decisions made - not the outcome of the decision.

Tristan Handy followed up in the Analytics Engineering Roundup like a true analyst. He added a caveat.

Tristan cited a leadership principle I had not heard - Amazon's One-Way and Two-Way Doors. Before deciding to go quickly or tread carefully, we need to ask ourselves "Is this a reversible decision?"

Turns out most decisions can be undone - so go for speed!

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