Strategy Roadmap - Buy-In

From where we left off . We said we need to harness the virtues of differing backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives to bring about innovative solutions and avoid the negatives that may add confusion, and cause delay in the go-to-market efforts.

Well, this is an evolving thing. The reasons are that we do not have all the information at any point in time moving forward and the buy-in is always work-in-progress. All we have are weak signals, interposed with other "noises". We then have to decide the path to take. We have pushed ahead in one aspect like the spear ( the armour brigade ) trying to establish the front. As a result, we are stretched.....Ok, so it is time to regroup and take stock of what we have achieved.

We have completed the prototyping in a sandbox, and we are reasonably clear as to what we can do with it. This is good because we removed one element of uncertainty. Now, we have a stronger signal to move on. This is crucial because we learn that in order to make informed decisions we have to pin down the facts, and this mean we need to commit. Especially in a collaboration environment, we cannot afford to slack. ( see Nash ). However we are still in a state of flux, and exhausted asset needs to be rested and replenished. This is where team work comes in and we need to build a spirit of camaraderie. The rest of the team must be able to sense, and rally around the team mate who has perhaps completed a bruising run. Empathy is the key to stabilise the team. This is the essence of a balanced scorecard and why it is such a powerful tool if used correctly.

Next, we set to get buy-in, and underpin this. At the same time, we have to establish milestones and timeline to go to the market with an attitude, and make am impact.

So let see whether we have ACEdour mission. We have articulated and communicated our views. We need to build up speed and momentum and execute our plan in a timely basis in order to reach the next stage.