Most People Tend to Move Toward the Status Quo

Compelling Wednesday morning piece from Quartz that explains both the four kinds of distinct decision-making styles as well as three common traps leaders who no longer find themselves making pivotal decisions as a leader.

Coming up short on ingenuity, the other key measure of leadership decision making, can also be a blind spot for many people. Often, they fail to see the extent to which they stay within the comfort zone of the status quo. They don’t know what they don’t know. From the vantage point of their comfort zone, new ideas appear as more work and disruptions than they are worth.