Decision support for leaders — structuring what only you can decide

The problem

You are deciding whether to open a second facility. You have discussed it with three people, all of whom report to you. None of them argued against it as hard as they might have, because you are the one deciding.

What you need

Decision: whether to bring our marketplace operations in-house, ending a three-year agency relationship. Leaning: yes.

The tool

Any assistant, with full context

The prompt

What comes back

1. YOUR CHAIN Growth is flat → the agency is underperforming → in-house would do better → and it costs less.

Verify before you use it

• Do the category comparison this week. It is the load-bearing assumption and it is cheaply answerable.
• The observation about both advisers reporting to you is fair and uncomfortable. Consider finding one genuinely independent view.
• Have the direct conversation with the agency about proactivity. One hour, and it tests whether the relationship is fixable.
• Note that no recommendation was given. The decision, and the risk appetite behind it, remain yours.