How do I keep track of decisions made in meetings?

Short answer

Record each decision as its own entry: what was decided, why, who decided it, the date, and what it replaces. A decision buried in a paragraph of minutes is lost within two weeks. Segua.ai detects decisions in the transcript, writes them as separate records, and flags the ones that contradict an earlier decision.

How to do it

1
Write one record per decision
Title, context, decision, consequences. This is the classic decision-record format and it survives staff turnover.
2
Mark proposals as proposals
'We could do X' is not a decision. Keep it as an open question until someone with authority closes it.
3
Link the decision to what it changes
A decision usually changes a requirement, a date or a cost. Link it, or the register and the plan drift apart.
4
Review contradictions weekly
When a new decision conflicts with an old one, one of them has to be superseded explicitly.

Good to know

Segua.ai keeps a decisions register per project, separate from the minutes.
Contradictions between meetings are detected and listed as open questions.
Each record shows the speaker and the minute in the transcript.
Superseded decisions stay visible in history; they are not deleted.

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