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GTD Cafe: Forget About Strategic Planning
May 14th, 2008 by thedailysaintPosted in GTD, Productivity |
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How many people do you know that spend more time planning than doing? Status reports, benchmarks and meetings can get in the way of old-fashioned doing.
I’m not really advocating that we abandon effective strategic planning, but sometimes a next-action step is all that is needed. Case in point- I gave a talk last night to a group of students and their families on the value of Catholic education. Having given hundreds of talks, I normally prepare a rough outline and then let it happen, relying on instincts and experience. On this particular night though, I prepared an overly detailed spec of the evening’s topic.
Too detailed.
I was overly concerned with not forgetting an item on my overly detailed outline and therefore delivered an A-minus talk instead of a homerun. I would imagine that the audience knew nothing of my consternation but I went home and evaluated my preparation and follow through.
What’s a GTD take on strategic planning? It’s not a matter of take-it-or-leave-it. Rather, it’s about integrating next actions with the benchmarks and stages of a good plan.
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May 19th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
Great question on GTD and Strategic Planning. I work for a strategic planning firm and happen to be a huuuge GTD geek & I’ve been meaning to post about the two for a while now.
I think the main relevance of GTD comes with implementation, since it’s GTD’s strength. David Allen touches on some strategic thinking with his “higher altitude” sessions, but it’s in organizing & processing our environments as well as following up on actions where GTD shines.
Since you’ve got me thinking, I’ll post something soon at our blog on MyStrategicPlan. Thanks a lot for the post- How Stratplanning and GTD mix is an extremely valuable concept!
May 19th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
Thanks for coming by Ed, let me know when you post that article and we’ll link it here.