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Thanks for @truemped to bring my attention to this article on "Strong opinions, loosely held." One key point is that once there's a power differential, the loudest and/or most senior person dominates decisions. blog.glowforge.com/strong-opinion…

There's also a suggestion: Start qualifying how certain you are of a belief, making that part of the discussion.

I think one of the reasons why people propose the SBLH approach is because they value action over "analysis paralysis". The same is also the original intent behind "disagree and commit" IMHO.

The downside is that you loose a chance to actually get to the bottom of things. I've seen "analysis paralysis" being used without even trying, maybe because there was a worry people will get lost in the complexity of things.

I still believe that especially if there is a lot of uncertainty, it is better to be aware of that and openly deal with it than brushing over it in favor of busywork.

Amazon's working backwards approach is IMHO a good attempt at making sure there is a good amount of discussion. Disagree and commit may then be used to get moving if there isn't a clear path.