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I have also found that people use [strategic thing] as a way of keeping something at a higher level without going in to the details. Because once they get in to
by dr_orpheus 4y ago
I have also found that people use [strategic thing] as a way of keeping something at a higher level without going in to the details. Because once they get in to the details the grand plans start to break down.
I have been a part of a number of these high level strategy type efforts at my company. I have often found that I seem to be the cynical one against an onslaught of relentlessly optimistic people.
- AnimalMuppet 4y ago"Everything is easy to the one who doesn't have to do it."
- ethbr0 4y agoOne of the best planning exercises I've heard is asking every attendee to think of a way the suggested plan could go awry. The genius is that failure scenarios are, by definition, detail-oriented. Consequently, it's an easy bridge into the discussing the details that actually matter (i.e. those that could threaten the entire plan).
- benji-york 4y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-mortem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-mortem
- 121789 4y agoPre-mortems. In general I haven’t found them that useful as the teams/leads I’ve worked with generally have the risks covered already
- ethbr0 4y agoThey're more useful, the more disfunctional and rose colored glasses the org has.