The What and the How

“Hey! We’ve got to build this sandcastle! When’s the next tide? Who’s on point for tracking tides?”

“We’ve got three hours.”

“Right – we’ve got a hard stop. Who do we have to project manage this?”

“I’m working on sandwiches but I have some capacity.”

“Thanks Jo. Let’s organise 20 minute check-ins on progress. Sam – you ok to gather shells? What’s the target shell count do we think?”

“I think we suggested 30.”

“OK. Let’s go for 40 this time. Jo – can you add a shell tracker to our 20 minute check-ins?”

“Bob – can you pull together a risk log? Cool. Right – next steps?”

“Should we organise a workshop to brainstorm some design concepts?”

“Whoah! Are we jumping into solution mode here? Maybe start with some benchmarking?”

Perspective.

Take just a little step back, and it looks ridiculous. It looks like we have forgotten why we are here, and how to be. Sure, let’s build the sandcastle, but more importantly let’s do something wonderful together.