Jun 24, 2025
Episode #3 — Fast feels right — but is it always wise ?
In IT, some decisions feel urgent: approving a migration, picking a vendor, following a trend.
But as Daniel Kahneman warned in 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘍𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘭𝘰𝘸, our “System 1” brain — fast, intuitive, emotional — is where 𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 live.
𝗦𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗿 𝗧𝗲𝗸, CIO of UnityBank, knows when to pause: 🔁 “𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦’𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵.” 💸 “𝘞𝘦’𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩.” ✅ “𝘔𝘺 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴.”
They feel 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 — but they’re just classic 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗽𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗴𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗲.
💡 Sometimes the smartest move is to sleep on it. Rethink it. Let 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝟮 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱.
