Organisations often want to generate a sense of common purpose and agree the way forward but don't always achieve it. The reasons are many:
Local concerns may conflict with the aims of the organisation
Personalities may clash
Individuals may be too averse to taking risks
Plans that are best for each unit in the organisation may not be collectively best
Whatever the reason, there may be a place for an improved approach to decision making, so people can arrive at a shared understanding of the issues, develop a sense of common purpose and achieve commitment to action. Those are the purposes of decision conferencing.
