Through the spokes
When your team is overwhelmed with all the things they’re working on, it’s smart to organise those things into projects. Thing is, when you organise everything…
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 puts a stick through the spokes.
Direction – if you don’t break the conversation down to its constituent parts, and deal with them each in turn, you’ll wind up chasing the debate – flipping between subjects and flopping between arguments as points are scored and tight spots (and certainty) are manoeuvred around. Pin down the jelly.
Deadline – with no end in view there’s no end to view points. The conversation can run to its own schedule, month to repetitive month, a non-decision begets a non-decision begets a non decision. With time to prepare final arguments, force a decision-point onto the schedule.
Prepare for it, talk about it, decide which way to go.
Skippy strategy: Put a stick through the spokes of revolving arguments.
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