Time Flies

Wow, time flies!

The oth­er day, I heard a sta­tis­tic that it gave me a big­ger pic­ture on how fast time is flying…

…that 1923 and 1973 are as far apart as 1973 and 2023.

I was shocked! When you think about it…

Then: 1923

• Com­mu­ni­ca­tion pri­mar­i­ly relied on mail and telegram
• Hors­es and trains were still wide­ly used for transportation
• Com­mon ill­ness­es were treat­ed with basic med­ical treatments
• Busi­ness oper­a­tions were man­u­al and labor intensive
• Inter­na­tion­al trade was slow and lim­it­ed by trade bar­ri­ers. You had to wait for the ship to arrive.

Now: 2023

• Smart­phones and the inter­net con­nect us glob­al­ly, instant­ly and give us access to vast amounts of information
• Elec­tric and autonomous vehi­cles are here — and com­mer­cial space travel
• Pre­ci­sion med­i­cine, gene ther­a­py and advanced med­ical imag­ing have trans­formed diag­no­sis and treatment
• Advanced com­put­ing tech­nol­o­gy, the Cloud and AI have trans­formed busi­ness oper­a­tions, and automa­tion and data ana­lyt­ics help us to opti­mize process­es and make bet­ter decisions
• Sup­ply chains span con­ti­nents and tech­nol­o­gy con­nects us with cus­tomers worldwide.

With the expo­nen­tial pace of change, it’s more impor­tant than ever to look at how we will live, work and play five, ten and 20 years from now and to reg­u­lar­ly re-set our goals.

Q3/Q4 Reflect and Reset

There are two ways to do your quar­ter­ly plan­ning to make sure you have the right short-term goals:

• For your­self: Reflect and reset for what you want to achieve in Work, Self and Life, in sync with your per­son­al Mas­ter Plan. You can this this on your own, with your part­ner or family.
• For your com­pa­ny: Ide­al­ly, you have a one-page strate­gic plan, with your long‑, medi­um- and short-term goals, for the orga­ni­za­tion. The quar­ter­ly meet­ing is to review those goals, reflect and reset to make sure you grow and thrive, in a world that con­tin­ues to change.

Here are the tem­plates to help you:

• Quar­ter­ly Reset and Plan
• One-Page Mas­ter Plan
• Annu­al Review

The Chal­lenge

• If you haven’t already done it, when are you going to do your reflec­tion and reset of your goals for your­self and your company?

Addi­tion­al Podcasts

• Why the One-Page Plan Works
• Get the Most from your Strate­gic Plan­ning Framework

Addi­tion­al Blogs

• The Quar­ter­ly Strate­gic Plan­ning Meeting
• Over­plan­ning vs. Per­fect Engagement
• Stop, Look & Lis­ten: Plan­ning Your Next 90 Days

If you need a smarter strat­e­gy or a fresh­er per­spec­tive, let us know.