Hello there! Author of the article here. I love the point you've made. Often there are long term costs in e.g. technical debt.
I assumed in this article that the stakes are low (and they are more often than we think) but I have a future article in mind about how to make team decisions when the stakes are high, and it'll be something along the lines of: Have a strong process, and make it the responsibility of one person to follow the process, which should involve gathering information and driving the consensus of the team on that issue. Give that responsibility to someone already established to have good people skills e.g. a lead. What would be your approach?
I assumed in this article that the stakes are low (and they are more often than we think) but I have a future article in mind about how to make team decisions when the stakes are high, and it'll be something along the lines of: Have a strong process, and make it the responsibility of one person to follow the process, which should involve gathering information and driving the consensus of the team on that issue. Give that responsibility to someone already established to have good people skills e.g. a lead. What would be your approach?