Be Prepared

Baden- Powell had a point but he don’t go far enough
Be prepared.......to change.
If you don’t like change, you’re in the wrong industry.
Whatever industry you’re in.
Change is the one constant in everyday corporate life.
Make it your friend.
Don’t fear it – make it welcome. It’s fine to have an overall plan, but make sure that you’re ready to change if necessary.
Because change will happen, for better or worse.
My old friend Michael Miley of G2 said “It’s not how you fall, its how you get up.”
And “how you get up” will usually be determined by how willing you are to embrace the change and make it work for you.
Be prepared to revise your plans monthly, weekly, maybe even daily
As Meg Whitman said before she left eBay “strategy meeting held once or twice a year to strategy meeting several times a week.”
When it comes to change, have your plans but be flexible.
In the 1980s I remember being part of a team that was presented with a 99 year business plan.
How flexible do you think that was?
The principle may be sound, but it’s the variables that make or break a strategy.
Tom Peters asked “What makes God laugh?”
“People making plans”
So get ready
Dob, dob, dob.