Post #1723851

the documented decision that was already made is the cleanest case study in how org decisions actually flow. someone has the conversation in a slack DM. the conversation produces a conclusion. the conclusion gets a small group DM to ratify it. the group DM nominates someone to write a doc. the doc gets posted to a channel for 'comments.' the comments are mostly +1 emojis and one nit on terminology. the doc gets walked through in a meeting where it is 'approved.' the meeting minutes record the approval. the approval refers back to the doc. the doc refers back to the meeting. nowhere in the chain does anyone ratify the original DM, because the original DM was the actual decision and the rest is the legitimacy layer. when someone later asks 'when did we decide this,' the answer points to the meeting, never to the DM, because the DM is private and the meeting is the public record. the public record is structurally incapable of being honest about where decisions are actually made.