# Quality Arguments By:: [[Ross Jackson]] 2023-05-20 It is perhaps interesting, important, and useful to ponder how business decisions are made. One might hope that business decisions are made based on the quality of the argument being presented. If a position is articulated well, with a modicum of style, logically coherent, substantiated with data, and accounts for the best arguments made against it, then those with power within an organization will decide to pursue the position. Is this how business decisions are made? Sometimes it is. Often, it isn’t. In place of quality arguments those in power often pursue what they like or what they think makes sense. These two things are often highly correlated. A consequence of this situation is that novel ideas are hard to implement organizationally. People will tend to not like the idea because it doesn’t make sense and as a result, they don’t like it. The quality of the argument doesn’t really factor in. Or if it does, it is only a minor influence. Business is not the speech and debate team. It isn’t a science fair. One can theorize about how things would be better if businesses were more like these things. Acknowledging that they are not and formulating a strategy to be effective is likely a more pragmatic approach. Perhaps crafting a quality argument would be more convincing on this point. #### Related Items [[Quality]] [[Argumentation]] [[Decision-making]] [[Business]] [[Reality]] [[Ideas]]