The Secret to a Great Planning Process - Lessons from Airbnb and Eventbrite
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The Secret to a Great Planning Process - Lessons from Airbnb and Eventbrite
One shift that can help us all is to change our minds about planning. Like search, planning is a literacy that’s not taught in school, and yet it’s a key to success in life and work. We plan events, trips, families, sites, systems, companies, and cities. We do it all the time but make the same mistakes. First, we procrastinate. We fear complexity,
... See morePeter Morville • Intertwingled: Information Changes Everything
Be flexible on your planning tools. They can and should change with time. The important thing is that you’re clear about your goals and how they impact your team members (and how your team members are essential in helping you achieve those goals).
Jared Belsky • The Great Client Partner: How Soft Skills Are the True Currency in Client Relationships
It’s iterative: The first attempt is always wrong. You must iterate towards the best possible solution, not try to get it on the first try. It’s rapid: Speed gives you more iterations and more opportunities to learn. It’s visual: Plans, progress, and updates are done with screenshots and visuals so everyone can see what the end result will look lik
... See moreMatt Bilotti • Burndown: A Better Way To Build Products
Great leaders (like Jeff Bezos) develop a strong, clear framework; then they constantly apply that framework and articulate it accurately to their team. Get this right from the outset, and you’ve got an excellent mechanism for scaling good decision making from top to bottom.
John Rossman • The Amazon Way: 14 Leadership Principles Behind the World's Most Disruptive Company
Start with an ambitious, high-potential idea, but challenging and full of ambiguities — the rough shape of a nascent great idea. It typically isn’t new, but solves many problems in a simpler, more intuitive way. It ignites people’s curiosity and self-motivation. At the end, it should seem “obvious” so that others want to copy, because there aren’t ... See more
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The annual sets the strategic direction and priorities for the year and beyond. • The quarterly breaks these longer-term priorities into bite-sized priorities that the company can digest. • The monthly addresses the bigger issues or opportunities that surface around the strategic direction. • The weekly keeps the priorities top-of-mind and drives d
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