Two Miles Daily — Issue 053 Your business can accumulate decision debt.

Executive Brief • August 15, 2026 • Two Miles Advisory

Executive Perspective

We talk about financial debt.

But businesses accumulate another kind of debt all the time:

Decisions that should have been made… but weren't.

The employee issue that keeps getting worked around.

The software that everyone complains about but nobody replaces.

The process that stopped making sense two years ago.

The vendor relationship that needs to be renegotiated.

The responsibility that still doesn't have a clear owner.

The recurring problem everyone knows about — but somehow it survives another month.

One delayed decision usually isn't a big deal.

But stack enough of them together, and they start charging interest.

Extra hours.
Duplicate work.
Frustrated employees.
Slower decisions.
Missed opportunities.
And management time spent solving the same problems over and over again.

That's decision debt.

And just like financial debt, the longer you carry it, the more expensive it can become.

So here's a worthwhile question for your business:

What decision have we been avoiding that would make the business better if we finally made it?

You probably already know the answer.

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