Worked example
Have you ever said “let's revisit after the busy season” and never revisited?
It was the right call at the time. Then the season ended, and nobody brought it back.
Fit
Is this you?
- You park big decisions on purpose: the fee rise, the lease, the hire.
- The client you might let go waits for a calmer month.
- Parking is often right. The trouble is that nobody holds the date.
When we'd say skip it
If you keep a decision log and review it on a schedule, you're covered. If you rarely put decisions off, there's little to find. We'd tell you plainly.
Recognition
Where it stalls
- Decision raised
- Parked, with a trigger
- Trigger arrivesNobody notices it arrive.
- Decision revisited
- Acted on
You write “after launch” or “next quarter.” It's sensible when you write it.
Launch comes and goes. The quarter closes. The fee is still the old fee.
The lease option window is narrowing, and no one has said so.
Seen in accounting practices, as the fee review after tax season. In distribution, as supplier terms after the holiday rush. In construction, as the hire promised for after the big job starts.
Answer
What we'd build: a parked-decision recall
Each decision you put off comes back to you when its moment arrives.
It's one part of a Business Blind Spot Monitor. Think of an executive assistant on steroids, one who remembers what you put off.
What changes
- Every “let's revisit when” is noted with its trigger.
- A trigger can be a date, an event or the end of a season.
- When it arrives, the decision comes back to you.
- You decide while the window is still open.
Gain
What it's worth to you
Pick one decision you parked last year. A fee you meant to raise, say.
Work out what each month of delay cost.
That's what an on-time reminder was worth, for one decision.
| Parked | In early March: “revisit the fee schedule after April 15” |
|---|---|
| Now | Late May, with no sign it was revisited |
| Coming up | A lease decision, tied to the renewal notice. The window opens in five weeks. |
It only reminds you. Every decision stays yours.
Method
How it runs, in full
Open the full notes
What it watches
Your email and calendar, for lines that put a decision off. “After launch.” “Next quarter.” “Once we hire.”
The steps
- Notes each deferred decision and the trigger you gave it.
- Tracks dates, and watches for events.
- When a trigger arrives, checks whether you already revisited.
- If not, brings the decision back to you as worth a look.
- You decide, park it again with a new trigger, or drop it.
Who signs off
You. Every decision stays with you.
What it never does
It never decides for you. It never nudges anyone else. It never tells your team a decision is late.
What we'd need
Nothing to start. Name two or three things you've parked, and we'll show you a sample. Later, read-only access to your mail and calendar, if you choose.
Usually comes with
- People waiting on your decision, gathered on one list.
- Your week, measured against the priorities you set.
- Routines that are quietly lapsing.
You become the owner who decides on time.
What you set aside comes back in time, and no window closes unseen.
Your version will differ. Working out how is what a first conversation is for.
Next
Talk it through with a co-founder.
Free, about an hour, and no access needed. Bring your whole list.
A person replies, usually within one working day.