---
id: "quote-abandon-decisions"
type: "quote"
source_timestamps: ["¶1"]
tags: ["thesis", "courage"]
related: ["claim-ai-advantage-not-compute", "concept-consensus-management"]
speaker: "Jonathan Rosenthal and Neal Zuckerman"
speakers: ["Jonathan Rosenthal", "Neal Zuckerman"]
quote: "The companies that survive the next decade will not be those with the best algorithms or the most data. They will be those that have the courage to abandon how decisions get made."
sources: ["governance"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-governance"
originDay: 7
articleStem: "hbr-sig-59-consensus-decision-making"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2026/04/decision-making-by-consensus-doesnt-work-in-the-ai-era"
sourceTitle: "Decision-Making by Consensus Doesn’t Work in the AI Era"
---
# Courage to Abandon Decision Making

> "The companies that survive the next decade will not be those with the best algorithms or the most data. They will be those that have the courage to abandon how decisions get made."
> — [[entity-jonathan-rosenthal]] and [[entity-neal-zuckerman]]

The core thesis statement of the article, emphasizing that structural and cultural changes are more important than technological acquisition in the AI era. It is the rhetorical anchor for [[claim-ai-advantage-not-compute]] and the direct challenge to [[concept-consensus-management]].


## Related across articles
- [[claim-ai-advantage-not-compute]]
- [[quote-best-leaders-learn-fastest]]