The Four Pitfalls of Planning: #1
Planning is good and essential. But it's also necessary to remember that no plan survives the "Battlefield".?
Reality means we have limited influence and control. Human nature makes even good planning challenging. So here are Planning Pitfalls to consider that will help you and your team get the most out of your planning.
Here's Planning Pitfall #1:
Attempting To Forecast & Dictate Events Too Far Into The Future.?
People tend to plan based on assumptions that the future will be a linear continuation of the present. Their plans often underestimate the scope of changes in directions that may occur and the results of second- and third-order effects.?
Even the most effective plans cannot anticipate all the unexpected events. Often, events overcome plans much sooner than anticipated. This may result from believing a plan can control the future.?
Effective plans include sufficient branches and sequels to account for the nonlinear nature of events.
We can't plan for every possible variable. We also can't plan for what we don't know. But we can plan for a limited spectrum of scenarios that could be likely to occur.
Planning Pitfall #2 Coming Soon...
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