- A plan requires understandingA plan requires understanding
[[Understanding is improved by mapping out scenarios]]
- A plan requires alignmentA plan requires alignment
- A plan removes uncertaintyA plan removes uncertainty
[[Uncertainty reduces confidence]]
- A plan defines the futureA plan defines the future
- A plan encourages communicationA plan encourages communication
[[Visualizing ideas and intentions allows comprehension]]
[[Sharing a plan empowers others]]
- A plan encourages collaborationA plan encourages collaboration
- A plan enables repeatabilityA plan enables repeatability
- A plan creates organizationA plan creates organization
- Strategy is a plan - but not all planning is strategy
- A plan clarifies intentions and needsA plan clarifies intentions and needs
A plan clarifies intentions and needs
- A plan points out knowledge gapsA plan points out knowledge gaps
- A plan can adaptA plan can adapt
A plan can be adapt along the way to react to unexpected events and needs
It is easy for me to see planning as a final map of how things have to be done, but reality tends to show external circumstances demand that a plan go through iterative changes to stay on target of delivering key objectives.
Tip #2: Make plans — from which you’ll deviate. ∞
“For our book Big Feelings, my co-author Mollie and I interviewed Dr. Laura Gallaher, an organizational psychologist. She told us, ‘We do...
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