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# Decision Making: It's Not What You Think

Part of MIT SMR's summer 2026 issue, this piece challenges conventional assumptions about how leaders actually reach decisions and how process shapes quality. It matters for boards seeking to separate decision quality from outcomes and to build more rigorous, less bias-prone deliberation.

Sources

MIT Sloan Management Review (https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/decision-making-its-not-what-you-think/)

Topic: Decision Quality: https://lyoenandpartners.com/insights/topic/decision-quality

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