You inherit a portfolio of six initiatives. Your gut says two should die, but every owner has a credible defense and the data is genuinely mixed. How do you decide what to kill — and how sure do you need to be?

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Stay specific. One example, told well, beats three told fast. Make your decisions visible — what you chose between. End on what changed, for whom.

You inherit a portfolio of six initiatives. Your gut says two should die, but every owner has a credible defense and the data is genuinely mixed. How do you decide what to kill — and how sure do you need to be?

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