---
id: "quote-nordengaard-decision-making"
type: "quote"
source_timestamps: ["§ The Five Crucial Capabilities"]
tags: ["speed", "execution"]
related: ["concept-strategy-under-pressure", "entity-jesper-nordengaard"]
speaker: "Jesper Nordengaard"
speakers: ["Jesper Nordengaard"]
sources: ["tail2"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-tail2"
originDay: 2
articleStem: "hbr-tail-120-corporate-to-pe-ceo"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2026/07/making-the-leap-from-corporate-leader-to-pe-backed-ceo"
sourceTitle: "Making the Leap from Corporate Leader to PE-Backed CEO"
---
# Nordengaard on PE Decision Speed

> "In PE, you make a decision, and the next meeting is about how you're implementing it."

— [[entity-jesper-nordengaard|Jesper Nordengaard]], first-time portfolio-company CEO (ex-Colgate-Palmolive)

Captures the near-zero gap between decision and implementation that defines [[concept-strategy-under-pressure|strategy under pressure]].