Consensus decision-making is a creative way for groups to reach agreement. Rather than relying on majority voting, the aim is to find solutions everyone supports or can accept.

A fair percentage of leaders, especially in startups, professional groups and not-for-profits, pursue the holy grail of decision making by consensus. But it’s usually a bad idea, leading often ...

If consensus can't be built, then sometimes the entire decision-making process can grind to a halt. This, writes Bezos, is "Day 2" thinking and is just one sign of a slow decline to death.