Bezos-style one-way or two-way door check
OfficialOfficial · updated Nov 4, 2026 · v1.0.1
Sorts pending decisions into one-way and two-way doors, matches each to a careful or a quick process, and checks the information level, disagree and commit, and what needs escalating.
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When to use it
- A decision has been stuck in discussion for weeks
- Every change, small or large, goes through the same approval
- Two teams disagree and nobody decides
What you give it
- The pending decisions, one sentence each
- What it would take to undo each one
- What is known and what is missing
- Who decides now, and any disagreement
What you get
A decision table with undo cost, door and the process each needs, the mismatches, an information check, disagreements sorted into disagree-and-commit or escalation, and next actions with deciders.
Changelog
- v1.0.1 · Nov 4, 2026 · Example output now opens with the attribution and not-affiliated lines, as the skill's own checks require.
- v1.0.0 · Nov 4, 2026 · First release.
Sources
- Amazon.com 2015 Letter to Shareholders (Jeffrey P. Bezos), SEC filing (2026-11-04)
- 2016 Letter to Shareholders (Jeff Bezos) - About Amazon (2026-11-04)
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