Very interesting...I speak a lot with CEOs who tell me they don't have time to plan long-term, even though they think they should.
One of the many obstacles they cite is "how long it will take" to do long-term planning. They say this even when they have never seen a long-term plan for their business or engaged in such an exercise.
Their mistake? They extrapolate from short-term planning and imagine how hard that challenge is, so doing the same for the long-term must be exponentially more difficult and time consuming and costly...especially when outside consultants are engaged. Hence the 7 Years of Yapping, but no actual planning.
So it's another interpretation...perhaps that blocked the US Govt planners from completing a plan for Stalin's death. It's far easier to yap than it is to plan.
Really interesting. All I plan for these days are my small home projects. I take forever to plan the work; to include everything. But, of course, it never works as planned. Still, I know the details so well I can usually bail myself out; especially if I have included a professional's number in my plans. Sorry to debase your article.
Very interesting...I speak a lot with CEOs who tell me they don't have time to plan long-term, even though they think they should.
One of the many obstacles they cite is "how long it will take" to do long-term planning. They say this even when they have never seen a long-term plan for their business or engaged in such an exercise.
Their mistake? They extrapolate from short-term planning and imagine how hard that challenge is, so doing the same for the long-term must be exponentially more difficult and time consuming and costly...especially when outside consultants are engaged. Hence the 7 Years of Yapping, but no actual planning.
So it's another interpretation...perhaps that blocked the US Govt planners from completing a plan for Stalin's death. It's far easier to yap than it is to plan.
Great article!
Really interesting. All I plan for these days are my small home projects. I take forever to plan the work; to include everything. But, of course, it never works as planned. Still, I know the details so well I can usually bail myself out; especially if I have included a professional's number in my plans. Sorry to debase your article.
I agree with all this.