(Thanks to Carl Vellotti for talking through some of these ideas) A team builds a feature to close a big deal. The benefit is immediate. The big question is whether it will offer long-term benefits beyond immediate gratification. Taken in isolation, the feature isn’t worth the effort and the added complexity to the product.
Really creative framing of connecting the dots from Lagging Business Impact Goals ($) to Leading & Lagging Outcomes via a North Star metric.
I know I’m in the minority on this, but personally, I believe you need to start with *strategy*, then set metric goals (Leading to Lagging) to measure the effectiveness of that strategy.
Love this breakdown as it surfaces where effort needs to be put in, and what "how might we" conversation to focus on, e.g. how might we increase conviction in our Model/Strategy vs how might we increase conviction that our cascading goals will result in the desired outcomes.
TBM 213: Goal Cascades vs. High-Conviction Models
John, could you point to resources abt the definition of actionable inputs?
I owned a copy of art of action by Stephen bungay so aligned autonomy is familiar to me
Less so actionable inputs
I have googled but nothing good shows up
Best I have found is these two
https://www.managementstudyguide.com/ensuring-that-inputs-are-recorded-at-actionable-level.htm
https://www.managementstudyguide.com/recording-inputs-at-actionable-level.htm
Really creative framing of connecting the dots from Lagging Business Impact Goals ($) to Leading & Lagging Outcomes via a North Star metric.
I know I’m in the minority on this, but personally, I believe you need to start with *strategy*, then set metric goals (Leading to Lagging) to measure the effectiveness of that strategy.
@John Cutler Re Uberman’s Cold Showers - just visit any Founder-led startup 😉
Love this breakdown as it surfaces where effort needs to be put in, and what "how might we" conversation to focus on, e.g. how might we increase conviction in our Model/Strategy vs how might we increase conviction that our cascading goals will result in the desired outcomes.