Investment Committee Effectiveness – Data-Driven Approaches

Your IC spent 3.5 hours in a meeting. You discussed four deals. Three got unanimous approval. One you debated for 90 minutes before saying yes—despite concerns. Later, the unanimously-approved deal had issues. The debated deal? Performing well. This is the IC paradox: More discussion doesn’t mean better decisions. Sometimes it means groupthink. Dominant voices override […]

Decision-Making Under Uncertainty – Executive Framework

You’re presenting a deal to your investment committee. You have financials, market analysis, team assessment. But questions remain: Will the market stay attractive? Can this team execute the plan? Will the business perform as projected? You don’t have certainty. You never will. Yet you have to decide: Invest or don’t? This is the core challenge […]