When going into a strategy session, retreat or next-year planning, one thing that often happens is this:
Everyone goes to work and figure the ways to make things work… by just jumping in and “brainstorming”, coming up with solutions, deciding on 500 steps ahead.
It all would be good, if this pattern didn’t repeat over and over: no reflection nor pause to define what’s THE big thing.
Everyone gets behind their own interpretations of the ideas and at the end of the day/session, it’s just confetti. Lots of things, different colors, several shapes and no clarity on where to next.
Take a break.
Breath.
Assess where you are, where you want to go and what’s the thing everyone is going to be after.
Make sure everyone gets it.
Once there, the road is smoother.
And you’ll be able to know how to measure the milestones.