CONCEPT
The Advice Process
The decision-making mechanism at the heart of self-management — anyone can make any decision provided they seek input from those with relevant expertise and those who will be affected, though the advice need not be followed.
The advice process is the decision-making mechanism that replaces hierarchical approval in Teal organizations. Its rule is simple: anyone can make any decision — including decisions of significant financial or strategic consequence — provided they seek advice from two groups, those with relevant expertise and those who will be meaningfully affected. The advice must be sought and genuinely considered. It does not need to be followed. The mechanism appears to undermine decision quality; in practice it produces decisions that are faster, more informed, and more robust than hierarchical approval chains, because the act of seeking and articulating advice transforms the decision-maker's understanding of the decision itself.
In The You On AI Field Guide
Orange organizations resist the advice process because its rule appears to invite chaos. If advice need not be followed, what prevents bad decisions? The answer, documented across every organization that practices it, is that the process of articulating a decision clearly enough to seek