It’s almost always a good idea to take a position.
The almost in that sentence is for influential and senior leaders who want to avoid shutting down a conversation before it’s has...
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Some subjects are complex with endless dynamics in play. Technologies, resourcing, strategy, personal preferences, vested interests, timing, prioritisation. Without direction and a deadline you’ll be going around in circles until someone...
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There’s something you need to arrange. Not pressing, nothing that would stop the world turning if it doesn’t happen, but something that needs to be sorted before the opportunity passes. Maybe...
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Sometimes you know what the problem is. Whether by luck or judgement, you look at the problem, grok it in a single leap, and flash out the exact diagnosis and prescription...
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In a crisis it can feel like all action. Immediate decisions, this and this and this, hurry, rush, fly.
Whilst there’s a clear and obvious benefit in sorting out the crisis as...