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A Decision Does Not Contain a Predictive Component
Today’s Strategic Alignment Journal post in two sentences: A good decision does not tell us what will happen. It simply reflects the quality of the understanding from which the choice was made. What makes one decision better than another? When we make a decision, we are not saying, “I know what will happen.” We are…
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You Cannot Deviate From a Baseline You Do Not Have
Today’s Strategic Alignment Journal post in two sentences: A deviation only tells us something when there is a consistent baseline against which to recognise it. Before trying to correct what has gone wrong, it is worth asking whether a reliable standard, rhythm or way of working ever existed in the first place. Dr Howard Luks…
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Breaking the Cycle of Broken Fixes
Today’s Strategic Alignment Journal post in two sentences: When a problem keeps returning despite repeated attempts to fix it, the failure of those solutions becomes information worth examining. Before investing in another fix, it may be time to ask whether the problem has been accurately understood in the first place. When the same problem keeps…
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What Happens When the Obvious is Misleading?
The obvious deserves attention. It just doesn’t always deserve to be part of the conclusion. We are conditioned to respond to what we can see. Most of us don’t witness the beginning of a problem. We encounter it only after it has worked its way to the surface. By then, what we call “the problem”…
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