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The One-Question Override (OQO): A Minimal HR Mechanism to Improve Decision Quality in Complex Organizations

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Working at the intersection of organisational design and complex decision-making, Pasquale Esposito challenges the assumption that better decisions require more tools, more data, or more procedures. Instead, he proposes a radically simple intervention: embedding one mandatory question into key decision-making moments to ensure that critical expert perspectives are not overlooked. 

Through The One-Question Override (OQO), he demonstrates how a minimal, structured mechanism can strengthen robustness, safety, and long-term sustainability in complex organisations — proving that sometimes the most powerful innovation is not adding complexity, but introducing clarity at exactly the right point.

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