“Probably 90% of the decisions that we make are two-way doors… run through those two-way doors, go do it. You're going to end up moving a whole lot faster.”

Todd McElhatton, as CFO · Run the Numbers · Zuora’s COFO On Going Private and Pricing AI | Todd McElhatton

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classify ~90% of strategic choices as two-way doors and encourage rapid execution, reserving one-way doors for high-impact, leader-driven decisions

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