Leading Practices:
Score from role-based perspective: Score as finance, IT, operations, patient, etc.—not as individuals. This approach can reduce ego-driven evaluation.
Create space for psychological safety: Explicitly state that a 1 or 2 is not “killing” an idea but surfacing risk. Resist the temptation to advance weak concepts.
Diagnose disagreement: Score variance signals unresolved assumptions, unclear criteria, or misaligned risk tolerance. Pause to examine before moving on.
