Product Management Truth – Take time to decide in proportion to the downside

Not all decisions are created equal. Some have more serious consequences than an evening of indigestion. As Product Managers under ever-present pressure to move faster, we must know when to slow things down too. One rule of thumb is to take time making decisions in proportion to their possible outcomes. Or put another way, the more you’ll suffer to extricate yourself from the future situation, the more time you should take before setting it in motion.