How well does your architecture serve you?

Just happened to notice a rocket launch a few minutes after it actually launched. Yesterday. Sitting at my desk.

Context: customer equals anyone that you serve, everyone in an organization serves others.

  1. Does your architecture help you deliver on what your customers want most?
  2. Does your architecture support your business strategy?
  3. Are workloads balanced among your leaders?
  4. Are employees getting the right amount of direction, not too much, not too little?
  5. Is there partnering and synergy across geographical and organizational boundaries?

i could go on, but these five define the point that there is much room for improvement.

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Neglect gets expensive over time

Disney road signs
Disney road signs. Hindsight is generally 20/20…sideview mirror reference.

Organizational culture is like personal health…it gets expensive to restore if you neglect it too long.

You know what the real challenge is?

We get so used to accepting that our organizational health is less than vibrant that we eventually stop being motivated to do anything to change it. And this gradually makes our culture more toxic.

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There’s a time and a place to give up

quitting
Sad, but true. Do want you want to do with your life. It’s your life. Balance is a moving target.

There’s a time and a place to give up.

You can only learn this by experimenting with your judgment – this is your personal leadership responsibility.

Often, the test results from your experimenting won’t be available for months, years, even decades.

For example, giving up on staying active, eating and resting well, and staying motivated and having fun won’t generally reveal what a mistake that was until decades later.

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Career literate?

excellence commitment
Worth another look.

 

Career literate?

Read. A lot.

Study. A lot.

Listen. A lot.

Observe. A lot.

Train. A lot.

Develop. A lot.

Teach. A lot.

Write. A lot.

Reflect. A lot.

Risk. A lot.

Reward. A lot.

Laugh. A lot.

Overcome. A lot.

Dream. A lot.

Care. A lot.

So much opportunity for each of us it almost doesn’t seem fair.

 

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A simple and compelling analogy

homemade guacamole
Yesterday for lunch, homemade guacamole.

 

Literally everyone i meet struggles to offer clear, concise, and compelling answers to the most important questions facing their business.

My analogy is simple: business health and personal health are the same.

Business health and personal health are the same things.

How many Americans, including you, make your health a daily focus?

Why?

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