Planning Pillows

'Stay with me now, people, because in Step C, things get a bit delicate.'

"I want you to know that the school board is very pleased with your efforts to make this new budget work."

"Looks like we found the issue."

"If I've timed this right, symptoms should start at exactly 9 a.m. Monday."

Change Management: Here There,,,'We thought we'd put in the detail later,'

Here - There "It's a simple model, but it works for me."

The devil is in desk bin titled 'The Details'

'Now, keep in mind that these numbers are only as accurate as the fictitious data, ludicrous assumptions and wishful thinking they're based upon!'

'Steve, I admire your determination to make this plan work.'

'Quick, Ted, get that one down on paper before you forget it.'

"Not the most impressive strategic plan I've ever seen."

'Now this is exactly what I was referring to when I talked about 'scope creep'.'

Fly By Seat Of Pants

'How are we going to achieve our goal this year?'

"Wentworth, could I take another look at that reorganization plan?"

Planning ahead.

'Excellent proposal. Let's take it upstairs and see if it flies.'

We thought we'd put in the detail later.

'I thought you could help me fill in the details.'

"Hey look, my To Do list! I haven't been able to find this for weeks!"

Is that your strategy plan?

'What we need is a decision, not more foot-dragging.'

The Big Picture Department...

'Would someone please remind me what our original intention was?'

life route

No Surprises

Poor Planning

Problem Solving: Man rows desert island to land.

"You never helped us dig, so you go last."

"I'm afriad we had to cancel the 'perfect planning ' seminar. We forgot to book the hotel until it was to late and the speaker we hoped to use died in 1958."

'You've got pussyfooting from 10 to 11, shilly-shallying until 12, then hemming and hawing the rest of the afternoon.'

"I'm afraid 'It's a surprise', doesn't cut it as a growth strategy."

"You're not going anywhere until we finalize our estate plan."

"And what my plan may lack in coherence, it makes up for in the exhilerating momentum created by all of these super-cool arrows!"

'We took the old plan, folded in half, and now it's the new plan.'