Wishful thinking

The question that should be front and centre in your mind: do they have capacity?

If you’re the one being asked: do I?

Sure, there’s all the things you need to know about capability and willingness, about experience and skill sets, about work ethic and attitude. Important things all, but immaterial if they or you are unable to do the work anyway.

Maybe it’s the first question. Definitely not the last. And certainly not a long one.

It’s in there though … that’s the game.

To get it answered – we’ve talked about availability, about schedules, about deliverables and outcomes. We’ve discussed timelines and teams. We’ve drawn ourselves a picture of the what and the how of the thing and we’ve got our first significant pass on when this thing will get done.

Without it, all we have is wishful thinking.

Skippy strategy: Be explicit, ask the question, Do you have capacity?

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