Glossary
Decision Velocity
The average time from when a decision is needed to when it is made and communicated. Measured from meeting patterns, approval chains, and Slack-to-action latency. Slow decision velocity is the silent killer of post-acquisition value, and it is invisible at close, when financial performance can look identical.
Why it matters
Speed of decision-making is one of the highest-leverage predictors of post-acquisition performance. Companies with slow decision velocity miss quarters trying to align stakeholders. A company needing 3 weeks to approve a hire or marketing spend change will fall behind competitors that decide in 3 days, and the gap is invisible at close, when financial performance can look identical.
How Zoe reads it
Zoe measures decision velocity from proposal-to-decision latency, approval chain length, and time from proposal to execution in Slack and GitHub. Slow velocity surfaces as longer response times and stalled threads among decision-makers. It maps to both Delivery & Execution and C-Suite Health dimensions, flagging misalignment and process friction.
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