Decision Gravity

Decision gravity is a concept developed by Mohamed Al Hashemi to describe the tendency of unresolved decisions to rise upward in an organization until they reach the most senior leader. When middle management avoids making calls, when accountability is unclear, or when the cost of being wrong feels too high, decisions float upward.

The CEO ends up making choices that should have been resolved two or three levels below. Decision gravity is a symptom of structural failure, not weak middle management.