All of us are having more and more meetings looking to become more efficient, to save budget's and to remain solvent. With all the talk in these meetings I'm seeing a trend- a trend that can be a warning sign for us all.
For example, why are we so focused on the act of doing instead of the act of "implementation?"
What's the difference? A lot when you consider doing is "marching" and implementation is "planning," "understanding" and "concerning ourselves" with how we implement, how we get passed the roadblocks and how we measure whether what were doing is working.
Doing for doings sake is not smart business. The potential for mistakes are too great right now in this climate. Now more than ever we need to assess how each and every decision impacts those around us and those downstream. Sending a negative ripple affect throughout our organization is not what we need more of.
So in today's meeting bring up how the implementation will be done and how it will be perceived, who will try to slow it, etc. It's just as important as the meeting itself.
