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How to ThinkIn the Age of AI

Decision Matrix

Formal System

A structured evaluation tool that scores options against weighted criteria, converting complex multi-factor decisions into transparent, comparable numbers.

Linked Lessons

Decision agents

Build a Meeting Accept/Decline Checklist in Notion

Trigger fatigue

Audit Your Notification Triggers in Google Sheets

One framework per decision type

Build a Decision Framework Template in Notion

The decision matrix for multi-criteria choices

Build a Weighted Decision Matrix in Google Sheets

Reversible versus irreversible decisions

Classify Your Last Ten Decisions in Google Sheets

Satisficing versus maximizing

Set Good Enough Criteria in Notion and Make a Satisficing Decision

Decision speed as a variable

Calculate Decision Delay Costs in Google Sheets

Framework selection is itself a decision

Build a Framework Selection Matrix in Google Sheets

Resource contention

Map Resource Competition in Google Sheets

Adding agents carefully

Map Agent Interactions Before Adding a New Tool

The delegation decision framework

Score Your Tasks for Delegation Using a Decision Matrix in Google Sheets

Monitoring overhead

Audit Your Monitoring Overhead in Google Sheets

Automated monitoring

Build a Manual-to-Automated Monitoring Comparison in Google Sheets

Scope optimization

Audit and Narrow Your Morning Routine in Todoist

Agent evolution versus agent replacement

Build an Agent Evolution vs. Replacement Decision Matrix in Google Sheets

The cost of agent sprawl

Audit Your Agent Sprawl in Google Sheets

Decision-making protocols for teams

Audit Team Decision Quality Using a Decision Protocol Matrix in Google Sheets

Organizational purpose as a coordination mechanism

Test Your Organization's Purpose Against Real Decisions in Notion

Consent-based decision-making

Run a Consent-Based Decision Protocol in Slack