Design then test or test then design?

Ten days ago I attended a workshop by Kent Harmon about knowledge capture and re-use. It was nothing ground breaking new, it was not rocket science, and still it was fascinating.

Kent reminded us how we learn. Or better how we used to learn when we were little.

By asking Why?

Strategic Clarity is important

A few weeks back I wrote about how “to do strategy“. In a few words I suggested breaking it down into manageable components like future orientation, operational excellence, business contribution and user orientation.

Now, let’s take the next step. We have a strategy and it is written down as a plan of actions to achieve our vision. What can we do that our strategy is known and accepted by those who we lead?

3 questions help us to do this.

1. Why is it important?
2. How do we do this?
3. What outcome do we want to see?

Considering as well that we have a change in mind with our vision, we can use change management principles to achieve our goal.