The Palo Alto Process: A culture of bad decision-making

A series of essays by Doug Moran, based upon experience with "The Palo Alto Process" since the early 1990s. It is intended to be provocative and get people talking about what is needed in City Council candidates (for the 2007 election).

  1. Tolerating bad decision processes
  2. Making bad decisions on schedule
  3. Civility run amok: Lies are bad ... so don't you dare point them out
  4. Facts can be so inconvenient
  5. Counter-productive consensus-building
  6. Needed: A less-strong City Manager

Note: These essays are marked "Draft" because they haven't received my normal editing and polish. This takes place only after I have identified where such writings would be published (for example, a newspaper column).