In a bottom up culture, don't try to convince everyone on strategy, because it will be impossible to cohere.
- In a bottom up culture, don't try to convince everyone on strategy, because it will be impossible to cohere.
- Instead focus your arguments in the following percentage:
- 70% on obvious, no-brainers that everyone can agree make sense in the short-term.
- 20% on the incremental extensions that prove it's not a culdesac.
- 10% on the long-term strategy that is presented as a cherry on top.
- As you get momentum, the focus will naturally come to the strategy, as people can see the momentum.
- Before there's momentum, trying to get momentum around your strategic north star is nearly impossible in the bottom-up chaos.
- Instead, get momentum on the short-term in things that you know align with a compelling long-term strategy.