Ep. 9 - What Does It Mean To Be Strategic?
Tell me what you want, what you really, really want…
At Experimental Designs Consulting we meet a lot of people who want us to help them with the overall strategy for their lab or company. However, it’s essential to clearly define your goals before you start worrying about formulating a strategic plan to achieve them. Embracing your inner optimist to imagine your best possible future is an important first step that will continue to guide you over the coming months and years.
00:31 Introductions
Welcome to Season 2! It’s time to reconnect with your hosts, Nick and Damien from Experimental Designs Consulting.
01:32 Find your North Star
Strategy is something of an ambiguous term that means different things to different people—even within the EDC team! Starting with your personal “why” will help you cut through all the definitions to reverse-engineer the tangible steps you need to take to achieve your vision.
13:07 Move that mountain, pebble by pebble
Strategy is a skill that can be taught. In this segment, Damien and Nick describe how they help new leaders hone the ability to zoom in and out—from big picture to daily to-do lists; from the next 10 days to the next 10 years—to make sure that every short-term action aligns into a coherent strategy to reach long-term goals.
10–10–10: A Life-Transforming Idea, by Suzy Welch
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