It’s extremely compelling to believe that every tactic takes us one step closer to our strategic imperatives.

And tactics themselves are extremely compelling – compelling in the sense that they urge attention, compelling in that we’re drawn towards them.

What’s not so compelling … evidence that those tactics do indeed take us where we want to go.

Just look back at the busy-ness of your week. How much of what you’ve done is tactical manoeuvring in service of the week itself, and how much genuinely moves the stick even a half degree in the direction of your transformation goals.

Not so much, right?

We absolutely have to deal with the reality of the day-to-day, but we need to have the discipline to not let it overwhelm the strategic swings we’ve set our year on. At least, not every day.

Skippy strategy: Make room in the tactics and allow the strategy to breathe.