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Decision guides

How to make, and defend, the hard calls.

Practical notes for people who decide on behalf of others: consultants, advisors, founders. The shape of a memo a client will accept, the dilemmas that keep you up on a Tuesday at 2 a.m., and what AI can do for you today and what it still can't.

Method

How to document a defensible decision

What the record of a decision needs to hold up in front of a client, a board or an auditor.

Evidence

409 startup failures: the study

The numbers, the methodology and the declared limits of Verdika's evidence base.

Method

How to write a decision memo

The seven pieces that make a recommendation hold up in front of a board. With an example.

Runway

Hire now or extend your runway

The trade-off between speed and months of life, settled with evidence instead of gut feel.

AI

Is ChatGPT good for decisions?

What it does well, where it fails according to the research, and what you still need to defend the call.