[ Decision Journal ]

We in the knowledge worker space don’t ‘make’ things; not really.  Some of us develop designs that eventually get built, but many, particularly in asset management or operations roles, don’t make anything except decisions. 

Our decisions are our product.

Credit for the idea of a ‘decision journal’ goes to the writers at Farnam Street, and the headline idea that our “product is decisions” is clever.  And products need managing.

A decision journal is quality control for our thinking.  Write down, or at least contemplate, key aspects of decisions:  consequences (and for who), how you feel, context, possible outcomes, and variables.