Sunday, September 24, 2006

Ready, Fire, Aim!

Although I realise this is my second post on this blog and both of them contains the word 'Fire', I would like to reassure people that I am not a pyromaniac!

I meet lots of people who have done very detailed plans of how they will introduce change - so many plans that sometimes they run out of steam before they even start - and for those that do start they quickly find that the reality of change does not match the 'Mahogany Map' (the plan done in the board room).

Whilst having defined boundaries and targets are very important, it is almost more important to move to action quickly, taking gentle risks to start with and building up experience and competence - as this will both inform the on-going planning work and provide it with much needed energy.

I like to say that you cannot have a 100% accurate plan and that 80% now is better than 100% never.

There are some useful blogs for people interested in flexible change at my other blog HERE.

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