Adverse Unintended Consequences

Keeping Them to a Minimum

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In every arena of life, otherwise great decisions turn out to be duds or have only limited success due to adverse unintended consequences.

It's impossible to anticipate every possible consequence of a decision, of course. But we can minimize the number of times that unexpected problems develop once a decision is implemented.

One way to do so is to consistently ask three questions during the decision-making process. This episode addresses those three questions after first exploring some illustrative examples of unintended consequences across the government, business, and non-profit sectors of American life.