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title: "Video From the Vaults: “Aggressive Indecision” and “Committing to It!”"
canonical: https://jimcarroll.com/2020/01/video-from-the-vaults-aggressive-indecision-and-committing-to-it/
updated: 2020-02-23T11:30:19+00:00
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# Video From the Vaults: “Aggressive Indecision” and “Committing to It!”

So, this morning I went and retrieved a video from the vault, and cut a little section out of it – around the theme of aggressive indecision.

Based on my[previous pos](https://jimcarroll.com/2020/01/insight-2020-leadership-strategies-for-the-era-of-acceleration-3-commit-to-it/)t today, the story of aggressive indecision originated at the height of the US-Iraq Persian Gulf War (round 2) in 2002-03. What I noticed among my global client base at the time was that companies were, because of the uncertainty with a global war economy, unable to make decisions around the future, innovation and transformation.

And so one day, at a major SAP event, I went on stage and [ranted](https://jimcarroll.com/2019/04/youll-always-have-the-opportunity-to-reinvent-what-i-really-learned-from-frogs-in-texas/) – which became the basis for my book, “[What I Learned from Frogs in Texas.”](https://jimcarroll.com/2004/11/what-i-learned-from-frogs-in-texas-going-to-print-today-online-purchase-now-available/) launched in 2004.

With the recession of 2008-2009, I began to use the story again. With that, here’s a clip from the global WEFTec conference in 2011.

Think about it.