Don’t Fire Until You See the Whites of Their Eyes…

A team should plan for the future. Those plans take a great deal of discipline if we are excited for the day when our changes will be implemented. When we decide what we will do too soon, we create a false sense of urgency for implementation. Plans should always fit the context of the situation. Our prognosticating should allow us to create flexible contingencies that allow a team to plan for adjustments. Effective planning and implementation rely on careful timing. Implementing the right plan at the wrong time will disappoint everyone on the team.