THIS IS WHAT 20 YEARS TAUGHT ME

Mostly people fail because they are solving the wrong problem. This is not an execution problem. It’s a decision problem.

Because the decision behind the direction was never examined. This is not a capability problem. It is a decision problem. And the cost of acting on an unexamined decision is always higher than the cost of pausing to audit it.
THE PATTERN I OBSERVED

Everything looks like progress. But nothing actually moves.

People get stuck improving how they work without questioning what they are working on. By the time this becomes visible, too much has already gone in to easily step back. This is what an unaudited decision costs.

"The moment a team stops asking ' is this working? ' is the day they start working twice as hard on the wrong thing. Because most teams never recover from that day as nobody wants to be the one who raises the question. That question is a Decision Audit."

– Pranjal Sarkar
{I post twice a week on direction, decisions, and product thinking.}
MY ORIGINAL FRAMEWORK

I spent 20 years watching people fail at the right things. So I built a framework to stop it.

The Decision Audit Gap is my original model. This is the one I teach in masterclasses, workshops, and keynotes. It has helped professionals across industries stop solving the wrong problem before it becomes expensive.
DECISION AUDIT INSTRUMENTS
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Every high-stakes decision deserves an audit before you act on it.

The Decision Audit Instruments cover three domains where unexamined decisions cost the most. Pick the domain that matches where you are right now.

AUDIT CAREER DECISIONS

Stay or leave. Switch or stay put. Negotiate or wait.
Free structured audits for the career moments where thinking clearly is hardest. Built on peer-reviewed research. Free. No login required.
 

AUDIT AI & WORK DECISIONS

Your role is changing. You have not audited what that means for you.
Structured audits for professionals navigating AI disruption, capability shifts, and the decisions that determine whether you stay relevant or fall behind.
 

AUDIT BIG LIFE DECISIONS

Before you relocate, pivot, or commit audit the decision first.
Structured audits for high-stakes professional commitments where the cost of an unexamined decision is highest and the pressure to act is strongest.
 

All above instruments are part of the Decision Audit framework. Free. Built on named research.
They are free because people need to experience what a structured decision audit can do before they believe it.

MASTERCLASSES

3 hours. One problem. Real clarity.

Each session is built around the Decision Audit Gap framework. One real problem. Structured thinking designed to help you see the real question before you act on the wrong one.

Pranjal Sarkar
WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT ME

Straight from the people who attended.

"Exactly what our audience needed. Sharp, relevant, and well-articulated."

University
Vishal Bipin Shah Associate Director, CDC Ahmedabad University

"Connecting decision-making to real product outcomes that I have not seen this anywhere else."

Mentee of Pranjal Sarkar
Jagan Vijayakumar Senior Product Leader, Chennai

"The first session where I left feeling I needed to fix something - not just learn something."

Mentee of Pranjal Sarkar
Neelima Voleti Product Manager, Pennsylvania
Mentees Worldwide
950 +
Years in Product
18 +
Workshop Rating
4.33
Recommendation Score
4.25
MY MENTEES LEADING PRODUCT AT
Book Written By Pranjal Sarkar
I WROTE THIS BOOK

Because most people know what is wrong but not the real cost of staying there anyway.

Obligatum is about that moment. When you know a job, a decision, or a direction is not right but stopping feels harder than continuing.

This book is for anyone who has ever stayed too long in the wrong place for the right-sounding reasons.

Obligatum is the human story of what happens when the Decision Audit Gap is never closed.

TALKS & COMMUNITY

I show up in real rooms too.

These are not sessions for the sake of it. These are real conversations happening with people building, leading, and making decisions in live environments.

Every session turns into a moment where people pause and start questioning what they are doing and why. That pause is a Decision Audit.

FREE TOOLS FROM MY LAB BUILT FOR REAL USE

Better tools quietly change how work gets done

DigiFixKit By Pranjal Sarkar

Everyday Tools That Never Save Your Data.

A collection of useful daily tools where everything runs on your screen. Nothing saved anywhere. Your privacy is 100% intact not as a promise but by design.

Hyperpolling By Pranjal Sarkar

Run Live Polls During Your Session

Create polls on the go. Set branching questions based on answers. Get instant email alerts when feedback hits a threshold you care about. Built for trainers and anyone running live sessions.

ONE LAST THING

If this page made you stop and think, the masterclass will change how you think permanently.
Three hours. One framework. Real problems examined in a live room.