A decent delta
The clock turns.
Without any effort, with much appreciation of its inevitable shift, what was one minute becomes the next, what was one year becomes another.
And…
When the project (every project) runs a little (a lot) ragged. When thinks (kinda-sorta) get done and (kinda-sorta) don’t. When there’s a (decent) delta between what you expected and what actually happened (or didn’t). When every day brings new tales of delay, new stories of resource overruns, new accounts of unaccounted issues.
The odds-on culprit?
People saying Yes without knowing it is true.
Making commitments to which they’re only vaguely committed. Thinking only about their next hour or day whilst talking a good game about next week or month.
The odds on solution?
Writing it down.
In every meeting, in every email, in every action oriented interaction … write down every commitment and … fit it to the schedule. If it doesn’t fit, call it out. When it competes for time, call it out. When it isn’t clear, call it out.
Skippy strategy: Write down all the trees and all the wood.
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