Stabilise first (crisis mode)
Act to restore control: one accountable lead, short decision cycles, visible status; defer full evidence and plan as complex once stable.
- Use when
- Chaotic situation: no clear cause and effect, damage is ongoing.
- Avoid when
- Stable situation, even if complex: use experiments, not command mode.
- Source
- Snowden & Boone, A Leader's Framework for Decision Making (HBR, 2007): act, sense, respond
- Level
- B · established practice
For agents · MCP
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