A half degree
When dealing with another organisation - buy side, sell side or partner - we like to know the agenda, where we stand, and what’s scheduled…
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.
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