September 22, 2026

Obvious breaks

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It’s rare that an organisation issue is as simple as one detail going wrong.

Most times, when the toe hurts, you find the toe bone connects to the foot, the mouth, the knee, the wrist, the ribs, the other foot and the head. Everything that can have played a part did play its part.

And so the discussion rolls around the echo chamber until everyone’s more confused than clear and no idea what to do next.

Oh! We’ve run out of time, let’s pick this up next time we get together.

And in the mean time, the issue continues causing problems and those bones start to rattle.

Or, stick with the issue.

Don’t try to fix every bone all at once.

Find the biggest and most obvious breaks and fix them first.

Then go around again. 

In other words, take action, and keep taking action.

Skippy strategy: Stop talking, start doing.

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