" Always look for at least one more option "- lesson I learned
I am currently working on a hot project. The operations folks want to buy a replacement in kind for a piece of equipment.
Normally that is pretty easy to do. I challenged my team by asking for an improvement in kind. In other words, what issues can be eliminated by buying a better piece of equipment from the same manufacturer?
I was happy with myself. I changed the whether decision into a better whether decision. However, my balloon was busted by a person when they asked me if the team had considered another technology.
Because of the needs of the plant and making the transition quickly, we looked for a replacement from the current equipment manufacturer. But the point is very valid. We should have given ourselves a legitimate second option. We did not. This makes our decision quality poor.
Today's question is:
" How do you force yourself to add a valid second option to your decision?"
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