# decision making
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15:58The biggest mistake leaders make in the first 24–48 hoursLeanne Elliott: What do you think is the one biggest mistake that a leader could make in, say, the first 24, 48 hours of a crisis hitting? Andrew Blotky: I would say to not speak honestly. Like, worse to speak and say thEP 315 · 2 Jul 2026·interview· 15:58–17:0925:06Truth or Lie: Is gut instinct better than data?midroll (Phil Agnew, Nudge): The audio destination for business professionals ?: Seamless Al Elliott: Seamless. Tell us about your latest episode, PhilEP 312 · 23 Jun 2026·truth or lie· 25:06–37:5616:20The "Right vs. Solved" dilemmaAl Elliott: Let's talk about that transition then. So you've gone from being right and naturally being right in academia because you put the work in, because you read the books, because you understood going into entrepreEP 301 · 14 May 2026·interview· 16:20–19:5831:41Information vs. intuitionLeanne Elliott: Right Rosenna Bakari: So I'm just saying, if we looking at who are the experts, were they experts in the field before they wrote the book? That's really important. Are they experts or did they just write EP 301 · 14 May 2026·interview· 31:41–33:2127:56Ego, ideas, and disagree in the room, commit outside the roomAl Elliott: What about the ego? Like, both of you are excellent at what you do. Both of you, like you say, that you sort of like change a little bit and you excel at one part of the business and then you excel at creativEP 271 · 29 Jan 2026·panel interview· 27:56–32:339:50Story 2: When is it really time for a career pivot?Al Elliott: Approved. Stamp. Bosh, bosh, bosh Leanne Elliott: What have you seen this week, love? Al Elliott: Okay, so there's a guy called Tomasz Kamerow-Premjusic. Now I did a little Googling because I thought PremjusiEP 266 · 13 Jan 2026·news roundup· 9:50–16:4010:50Overcoming status quo bias and re-evaluating goalsLeanne Elliott: It resonates with me what you said in terms of those conflicting priorities, those decisions that seem at odds that we feel like we need to make one whilst balancing everything else. When you recognize thEP 257 · 11 Dec 2025·interview· 10:50–13:1917:01What leaders fear most: decision points and 180-degree decisionsLeanne Elliott: With your coaching work, when you're talking to leaders, what's the thing that they're most fearful of when it comes to this disruption, when it comes to AI automation? What are they talking to you about?EP 257 · 11 Dec 2025·interview· 17:01–21:010:00Navy SEAL beach landing: leadership shifts in real timeAl Elliott: So a Navy SEAL team is mid-mission on a hostile beach. The boat driver is in charge. Then suddenly the explosive expert takes the top position. Then the sniper. Leadership is shifting every few minutes and noEP 243 · 23 Oct 2025·interview· 0:00–1:2317:49Group decision-making without the chaosAl Elliott: So, we've covered feedback conversations, you know, the one-on-one difficult meetings, but here's where things get a little complicated. Group meetings. This is where you've got multiple people, multiple opinEP 241 · 16 Oct 2025·interview· 17:49–22:3028:28Honouring feelings without making transient decisionsRichard Birke: I'm going to think more proportionally. You know, if you've been in a job for 15 years, And let's just say you're, well, a law professor and there's a change in who's the dean. And all of a sudden the deanEP 211 · 3 Jul 2025·interview· 28:28–30:0217:28Pushiness, decision makers vs. followersAl Elliott: What I really like about your book is there's so many stories in there and I really love it. I hate a textbook storybook where they would say this has happened and this is what you should do. Have you got anyEP 193 · 1 May 2025·interview· 17:28–26:2033:00The communication hierarchy and pull requestsAl Elliott: You just explained that the managers, they get out of the way. They're there to make things easier. But we've still got the problem of meetings and the problem of all these Slack messages or emails or whateveEP 189 · 17 Apr 2025·interview· 33:00–37:3720:21Complexity bias — why simpler is betterEric Stone: There's this fallacy. It's literally, it's called complexity bias. And we tend to think the more complex a solution is, the better the result is going to be. And if you remember, one of the early things aboutEP 179 · 13 Mar 2025·interview· 20:21–20:5031:25Workplace Surgery: Choosing who to make redundantAl Elliott: Okay, question number 2, Leanne. Are you ready for this question? Leanne Elliott: Yes Al Elliott: All right, so this is from a leader, and I don't think it's clear on whether this person owns the business or EP 121 · 13 Aug 2024·workplace surgery· 31:25–37:5826:08The science of decision-makingAl Elliott: Tell me about the science of decision-making. making. And I sense that you have a really good structured scientific approach to making decisions. Can you talk us through how you would do it? Hilary Scarlet: WEP 116 · 20 Jul 2024·interview· 26:08–33:4411:55Decision-making and leadership insightsLeanne Elliott: Building a business relies on making hundreds of decisions, probably each day. I was interested in how Ben approached these decisions, especially as the company and his team grew Ben Branson-Gateley: It'sEP 89 · 11 Apr 2024·interview· 11:55–13:570:00Intro and why Joe wanted a partnerJoe Fier: And this is, this was a decision I needed to make for myself, my family, and it was the right move. It was fucking hard. And this is like, I didn't wanna lose a friend, so, or friends, but mainly Matt because, EP 76 · 1 Feb 2024·intro· 0:00–7:4432:17The HBO deal — and why they walked awayAl Elliott: So let's spin back to 2007-ish. It's about a year into Wistia. Chris and Brandon got the opportunity to pitch for HBO. If you've not heard of HBO, you've almost certainly watched something they produce. SopraEP 68 · 8 Dec 2023·interview· 32:17–37:2337:23Making hard decisions by consulting core valuesAl Elliott: What a story. And I bet now with 375,000+ customers and household names like Zendesk and Mailchimp, turning down the HBO deal doesn't seem like such a bad thing after all Leanne Elliott: Yes. What a company. EP 68 · 8 Dec 2023·interview· 37:23–38:3626:52The vaccination-only policy and quick decisionsAl Elliott: And as I mentioned before, having an entrepreneur who leads your organization means that you can make quick decisions much easier Patti Simpson: This is an incredible opportunity. And working for an entreprenEP 66 · 23 Nov 2023·interview· 26:52–28:4222:57How can insights shape workplace strategy?Leanne Elliott: Well, the truth is we can't really develop a decent workplace strategy without insights. It's a bit like, you know, we need to put the light on if we're going to find something, or we need to, we need to EP 57 · 21 Sept 2023·other· 22:57–29:39
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