Rules for Maintaining Speed and Support for Packaging Projects
1. Aim for the 70 percent solution. It’s better to decide quickly on an imperfect plan than to roll out a perfect plan when it’s too late.
2. Find the essence. When it comes time to act, even the most complex situations and missions must be perceived in simple terms.
3. Orient to speed and complexity. The ability to react quickly and effectively in chaotic environments usually trumps other competencies.
4. Focus on the small team. The lowest level managers and their subordinates accomplish most of the organization’s critical tasks.
5. Make tempo a weapon. Controlling the pace of competition can exhaust and demoralize the competition.
6. Keep plans simple and flexible. It’s better to have a few options that can be easily adapted to changing situations than to try to make specific plans for every contingency.
7. Get an outside perspective. Insights into organizational improvement can often come from people in seemingly unrelated fields.
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