Bill CanadyCEO & Founder, The 80/20 Institute · Be a Great CEO: Learn how to Fix it, Grow it, & Sell it.

Undo Bad Decisions FAST! Reversible vs. Irreversible Choices Explained #shorts

26 Aug 2026 · 1 min

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A decision-making framework sorts choices by reversibility. Changes you can undo in 30 days at near-zero cost, like moving someone between teams or consolidating meetings, should be decided and done fast without lengthy analysis. The cost of overthinking these low-risk moves usually beats the cost of getting them wrong.

Classify everything proposed, right, by reallocation by reversibility. Reversibility means that you can go fast and they do not need to be a consensus. Moving a person between teams, changing reports distribution, reassigning account coverage, consolidating a meeting. If you can put it back in 30 days at near zero cost, the right process is decide it, do it, tell people. Do not build a business case for a decision you can undo easily. The cost of the analysis exceeds the cost of being wrong.