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The Decision Stack: How Strategic Clarity Unlocks Organizational Momentum
Your teams don't have an execution problem. They have a clarity problem.Most organisations have smart people, good intentions, and no shared context. The result? Teams that work hard but pull in different directions — and leaders who can't figure out why everything feels so slow. The Decision Stack fixes that.
The frustration is real. You've hired talented people. You've set ambitious goals. But somewhere between your vision and the daily decisions your teams make, the signal gets lost. Strategy lives in a slide deck from last quarter. Objectives don't connect to anything above them. And your teams — far from being empowered — are left guessing what "good" looks like, then waiting for permission to act.
This isn't an execution failure. It's an alignment failure. And in a world where AI is accelerating the pace of everything, the cost of that misalignment is compounding faster than ever. Your teams need strategic context to move quickly — and so do the AI tools you're giving them. Without clarity from vision through to action, neither your people nor your technology can deliver what they're capable of.
The Decision Stack is a practical framework for connecting the dots — from vision to strategy, strategy to objectives, objectives to the decisions your teams make every day. It's not another layer of process. It's fewer, better, and more connected ways of creating direction — so that everyone at every level makes better decisions, faster, without waiting for permission. That's how you turn strategic clarity into real momentum.
The frustration is real. You've hired talented people. You've set ambitious goals. But somewhere between your vision and the daily decisions your teams make, the signal gets lost. Strategy lives in a slide deck from last quarter. Objectives don't connect to anything above them. And your teams — far from being empowered — are left guessing what "good" looks like, then waiting for permission to act.
This isn't an execution failure. It's an alignment failure. And in a world where AI is accelerating the pace of everything, the cost of that misalignment is compounding faster than ever. Your teams need strategic context to move quickly — and so do the AI tools you're giving them. Without clarity from vision through to action, neither your people nor your technology can deliver what they're capable of.
The Decision Stack is a practical framework for connecting the dots — from vision to strategy, strategy to objectives, objectives to the decisions your teams make every day. It's not another layer of process. It's fewer, better, and more connected ways of creating direction — so that everyone at every level makes better decisions, faster, without waiting for permission. That's how you turn strategic clarity into real momentum.
265 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 14, 2026
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May 4, 2026
Great Decisions Come From Clear Strategy
Martin Eriksson’s *The Decision Stack* is a practical, actionable guide for anyone who wants to make better decisions at speed.
One of the strongest ideas in the book is that clear principles enable faster, better decision-making. When teams understand the strategy, principles, and trade-offs behind their work, they can move with confidence instead of constantly waiting for permission.
Martin brings this to life with strong case studies and hard-won lessons from his experiences at Monster, EQT (one of Europe’s largest venture capital firms) and building and scaling Mind the Product. The result is a book that is both thoughtful and immediately useful.
Highly recommended for founders, product leaders, executives, and teams looking to connect strategy with everyday decisions.
Martin Eriksson’s *The Decision Stack* is a practical, actionable guide for anyone who wants to make better decisions at speed.
One of the strongest ideas in the book is that clear principles enable faster, better decision-making. When teams understand the strategy, principles, and trade-offs behind their work, they can move with confidence instead of constantly waiting for permission.
Martin brings this to life with strong case studies and hard-won lessons from his experiences at Monster, EQT (one of Europe’s largest venture capital firms) and building and scaling Mind the Product. The result is a book that is both thoughtful and immediately useful.
Highly recommended for founders, product leaders, executives, and teams looking to connect strategy with everyday decisions.
September 19, 2026
Eriksson's framework is the clearest answer I have seen to a problem I keep hitting when I teach: teams that have a vision, OKRs and a roadmap, and still cannot explain why they are building what they are building. The stack makes the connection testable, you read it down for how and up for why, and wherever the ladder breaks is where alignment is actually failing. The parts I will reuse are the "even over" principles and the insistence that objectives describe customer behavior change rather than output. It is short and the cases are the familiar ones, but the framework earns the book.
April 16, 2026
Since I discovered the decision stack, I have used it in my coaching.
The book gave me a deeper perspective.
If you are looking for a tool that connects your long-term vision with the day-to-day work of your teams. The decision stack is your answer. It’s easy to understand, quick to communicate, and at the same time has the needed depth to manage your complexity.
The book gave me a deeper perspective.
If you are looking for a tool that connects your long-term vision with the day-to-day work of your teams. The decision stack is your answer. It’s easy to understand, quick to communicate, and at the same time has the needed depth to manage your complexity.
July 7, 2026
Fantastic read! Delivered so, so many "aha"-moments to me and really helped me to understand why in a previous organization so many things did not succeed. It's a quick ready (which is not a bad thing) with lots of examples and additional resources to continue with the learning. Thanks for writing it, Martin!
August 30, 2026
I really liked the concept of the decision stack but found it was a too focused on tech development or start-ups. The concepts can be applied to any organization but Eriksson's experience leans towards tech product development it would have been nice to have more universal examples. The road runner and ACME example was great though.
June 2, 2026
I think this is a brilliant book to get you up to speed in practical decisions and with lots of really good examples. Oh and this might also work well for organizations. ;)
August 29, 2026
There are so many business strategy books, this one ties all the relevant frameworks together.
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