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## [ Is Consensus a Four Letter Word in Decision Making? ](https://orgchange.newschoolrules.com/new-school-rules-blog/is-consensus-a-four-letter-word-in-decision-making)

 By: [ Alexis Gonzales-Black ](https://orgchange.newschoolrules.com/new-school-rules-blog/author/alexis-gonzales-black)  January 28, 2018

Now that my book is being published, I wanted to reshare this [post](https://blog.thoughtfulorg.com/is-consensus-a-four-letter-word-in-holacracy-5f9122bebe4e) which originally appeared in the Thoughtful Org blog.  It answers a perennial question I encounter -- "How can we get away from using consensus as a default for all decisions?"

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