I'm afraid I hear it a lot (on the radio, by individual speakers, on the news, in meetings - all over) - and I've always disliked it - it just sounds funny/odd/WRONG to me. Interesting to note that, in French, the term is prendre une decision (literally translated as - ta da - to take a decision). But I don't believe that English-speaking takers of decisions are hearkening back to the French.