If she’s only going to make cameo appearances, your Decider needs to have an official delegate in the room. In many of our sprints with startups, the CEO appoints one or two people from the sprint team to act as Deciders when she’s not there. In one sprint, the CEO sent the design director an email that read, “I hereby grant you all decision-making authority for this project.” Absurd? Yes. Effective? Absolutely. This official power transfer added tremendous clarity, the kind of clarity we wish we’d had with SquidCo.
