Consensus decision-making is, as noted, expensive and time-consuming, which is one reason it should be saved for when maximal buy-in is more important than any other aspect of choosing a direction ...

President Obama can probably ignore the Republicans and get his bill passed. And that smacks against much of the rhetoric that helped get him elected. Unfortunately, in Washington old habits die hard.

Collaboration, consensus and buy-in (CCBI, for our purposes) all serve a role in driving progress. The trick is to understand the what, when, how and why for applying each.

Get Everyone Involved Shared ownership of a project can help get buy-in. An AI project conducted in semi-secret by a small, isolated data team will struggle to get buy-in -- and can be fragile as ...

Indeed, if the CC is more than 0.85 the result is a consensus and the proposal would be recommended or even obligatory as a resolution to be discussed at the following COP. Conclusion. No majority has ...