No Kings: How Do You Make Good Decisions Efficiently in a Flat Organization?
While this approach can’t be replicated exactly on a remote team for obvious reasons, it does illustrate some of the main principles behind rough consensus and what distinguishes it from top-down decision-making on the one hand and majority-rule decision-making on the other. “Not the best choice” versus fundamental flaws feedback
Rough consensus relies on the distinction between two types of objections:
“Not the best choice” feedback: “I don’t believe Solution A is the best choice, because XYZ. Once everyone can live with a given solution, you’ve reached rough consensus, even if there are outstanding objections.On the other hand, it’s crucial to address and discuss all fundamental flaws before the discussion is done.
Source: doist.com