Travel, along with several digital and in-person events, have provided considerable insight into the current state of creative energy these last two weeks. Teams are wrapping up the planning and locking in ‘22 budgets. The question on everyone’s mind?
What does it mean to deploy new products and services into an economy and market that is forever shifted by the pandemic?
There is a consistent unease I run into with leaders. They are pleased with having survived, but unclear what the emergent playbook is to thrive in this changed world. There is a deep sense that leaders deserve more output from the hard work they are putting in – they deserve to move beyond sheer heroic effort to sustained momentum.
Please use this note as a tool to explore where you are at. Let’s grab that proverbial cup of coffee, go to your favorite thinking spot where perspective allows you to see the big picture, and talk about three ideas that might help change your perspective from heads down to heads up.
3 Articles to Help Shift Your Perspective
These are specifically chosen to get you above the fray for a few minutes to gather a fresh perspective.
- The Idea: The working contract between leaders and teams has shifted dramatically. Tighter human resource constraints, along with virtual teams, are pushing us to create stronger lines of sight to more focused and meaningful work. Are you ahead of this curve? Are you leading the team with alignment or tactics?
- The Idea: Winning can quickly become losing if you aren’t taking enough risk. Have you looked at your 2022 plan and decided if the juice is worth the squeeze? Which key risks will make or break your plans? How can you remove risk through thought partnering?
- The Idea: Our decision-making systems are always set up to be effective at solving problems in our current and past model. What key events have shaped your decision-making process in the past? How have you specifically pivoted toward adaptive decision making for the current challenges?
The takeaway: The world has shifted, and the new constraints are talent and supply chain. How have you shifted to win in the new climate? Have you renewed your voice of customer? Aligned your talent and asset market to the most productive subset of your offerings? Set up your processes to execute more efficiently?
Taking a fresh and careful look at your team, project and plan doesn’t need to slow you down. In fact, it can shave months off your time to realized value.
Want to continue a more specific discussion about your 2022 strategy deployment? Let’s have a 20-minute chat and see if we can shine some light on where you may have some hidden opportunities. Use this link to put a call on the books.
We’ll climb the ladder together and see what emerges.
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