Too much information kills the decision
« Boldness is not a temperament. It is a decision. »Gilles Duplay, founder of ARXIBALD
There is one thing worth knowing, and it may come as a surprise:
very often, hostage rescues succeed by chance.
A personal account
The first time, we had no information at all.
It was on the very last bound that the group came upon them,
The two men were tied to a tree,
They were lucky.
The second time, we had 50% of the information.
We suspected there were some, without knowing exactly where,
On the ground, it was chaos, all night long,
But the mission succeeded.
The third time, we knew everything.
The thickness of the doors, the timing of the patrols,
The man was sending us videos on WhatsApp,
Then time passed, without a single decision.
Boldness is the key
What must be understood is that the success of a project, whether military or entrepreneurial, never rests on the amount of information gathered beforehand.
It rests on the capacity for boldness.
We often imagine that boldness means:
- Thinking differently,
- Showing courage,
- Holding on when everyone else stops.
This is wrong.
Boldness is not a temperament. It is a decision.
Deciding means applying a method
And deciding with partial information is possible, with a method.
The ARXIBALD method was developed with this in mind.
It transposes, into businesses, the ability to succeed collectively under uncertainty, with the minimum of available information. It rests on two pillars: clarity and simplicity.
This method is taught at the Special Forces school for businesses. It brings entrepreneurs together around one idea: « Who Dares Wins ».
Learn to decide with the minimum of information
The ARXIBALD decision-making training trains leaders and their teams to decide fast, clearly and collectively, under uncertainty.
Discover the decision-making training →- The success of a project, military or entrepreneurial, never rests on the amount of information gathered beforehand.
- Boldness is not a temperament: it is a decision.
- Deciding with partial information is possible with a method, which rests on two pillars: clarity and simplicity.
