Whack it
Neither the system, the process or the tool will ensure the end result. It’s the people.
Provide a system that works well, a process that runs all…
Maybe it came into your mind fully formed. We want to get to this point, exactly, and the route to follow from here is to this place, then this, then this. The perfect plan, fully formed, right out of the box.
Or not.
More likely, you have a fuzzy idea of the end game and half a thought on how to get there. Then, after exactly five minutes, it’s all been up in the air and come down looking very different. Another five minutes, another fine mess.
Sometimes the best way to get started is just to start. Not with step one, but with a straw and extremely malleable view of the end point. Forget the plan for now, forget progress, let’s just start at the end. What are we talking about? Build a model, whack it, see how it holds up to scrutiny.
Skippy strategy: Start with a model.
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