Loving this advice. I worked in several chaotic environments in my career and wish I had taken more time to implement structure instead of getting swept up in the flow of things.
In the time in spent in the corporate world, I would say 80% of the organizations I worked at were in a some state of chaos. Differing degrees, of course—some with just minor chaos, others with major, hair-on-fire chaos. The "assessing" state was always missing—perhaps because it took time? Or everyone assumed they had the right assessment? Whatever the cause, that time for assessment, as you point out Naush, is so critical.
Indeed. I think the eagerness to find a solution trumps the willingness to take a step back and actually figure out why things are the way they are. As a result, entire projects are triggered to solve the wrong problem/s.
Thanks for your comment and for going through this piece @John Hamilton . Glad you could relate.
Loving this advice. I worked in several chaotic environments in my career and wish I had taken more time to implement structure instead of getting swept up in the flow of things.
In the time in spent in the corporate world, I would say 80% of the organizations I worked at were in a some state of chaos. Differing degrees, of course—some with just minor chaos, others with major, hair-on-fire chaos. The "assessing" state was always missing—perhaps because it took time? Or everyone assumed they had the right assessment? Whatever the cause, that time for assessment, as you point out Naush, is so critical.
Indeed. I think the eagerness to find a solution trumps the willingness to take a step back and actually figure out why things are the way they are. As a result, entire projects are triggered to solve the wrong problem/s.
Thanks for your comment and for going through this piece @John Hamilton . Glad you could relate.