"It's a case study of how not to make executive decisions."
And it is one executive decision that can be turned to your advantage.
Seventeen hundred and two miles away another executive decision had been taken.
But all council members, he said, would make the executive decisions by consensus.
As a result, employees didn't understand the reasons behind executive decisions and simply focused on their tasks.
"If you've spent years working out deals behind the scenes, it is not the same as making an executive decision at high noon."
But maybe they're necessary; perhaps by doing them you prove something quite apart from position papers and executive decisions.
His response, he said, was: "I've made my first executive decision.
David's latest executive decision is to get the roof vents working again.
The executive decisions are implemented by the Indian civil servants.