Since these leaders have been constantly opting for consensus decision-making process that is based on precedents, when there is no precedent they malfunction.

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The trick: use Google's consensus-driven decision-making process--and exacting standards--against it.

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When looking at the answers, the team quickly realized that the previous companies had very different decision-making cultures (one was a slow process of building consensus, and the other used open, time-bound debate with final decisions made by the CEO).

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