I talked last week about the need to think about key issues well in advance of them coming to pass. (The example I used was driverless cars saying we, collectively, should be thinking now about the algorithms used to determine the action the car's systems should take in the event of a potential accident - to save the driver, a pedestrian, another vehicle or....
Burt, of course, in other scenarios, thinking is not enough. Lots of companies, for example, have had great strategies crafted by lots of successful strategic thinking - but they have then failed to execute effectively.
So good thinking must be followed by good execution. You need a team around you who can do both. So, look at your team and decide who are the thinkers, who are the executors. Do you have enough of both - and can you act as the link between them. Someone has to!
Burt, of course, in other scenarios, thinking is not enough. Lots of companies, for example, have had great strategies crafted by lots of successful strategic thinking - but they have then failed to execute effectively.
So good thinking must be followed by good execution. You need a team around you who can do both. So, look at your team and decide who are the thinkers, who are the executors. Do you have enough of both - and can you act as the link between them. Someone has to!
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