The judgment senior leaders need isn't missing. It's usually just drowned out by the volume of anxious thinking running at the same time. Quiet the noise, and the judgment that was there all along becomes audible again.

The harder you push for clarity, the further away it gets — because clarity isn't produced by effort. It shows up in the gap right after you stop forcing it, which is why your best decisions rarely happen at your desk.

A bigger role isn't an information problem, so gathering more frameworks won't solve it. What it actually takes is a quieter mind — one clear enough to access the judgment you already have.