---
title: "Indecision is more expensive than the wrong decision"
number: 26
date: 2026-05-05
url: https://trevin.co/writing/indecision-is-more-expensive-than-the-wrong-decision
standfirst: "The wrong decision costs you a quarter, but deferred decisions compound quietly while every workstream stays green."
topics: ["Decision governance"]
---
# Indecision is more expensive than the wrong decision

The wrong decision costs you a quarter, but deferred decisions compound quietly while every workstream stays green.

"We'll come back to that next steering."

Three meetings ago.

Nothing has gone wrong. The program is "on track." Every workstream is green.

But three contested decisions have been deferred for a month each. The team isn't blocked. It's quietly waiting for permission.

The integrator burns. The BA who built the options paper has moved on to other work. The sponsor's political capital ticks down with every steering committee where the same item rolls forward. The team starts to lose belief.

Indecision is more expensive than the wrong decision.

The wrong decision costs you a quarter. Indecision compounds.

What's the decision your program has been waiting on for more than two weeks?

That's where the money is leaking.