Career · FORTUNE
Fortune #34
Mixed — reflect carefully
While leadership has not decided, prepare two options with their time and resource costs without committing to an irreversible path.
QUOTE CARD
A quote for you
““คุณไม่สามารถตัดสินใจโดยอาศัยความกลัวและความเป็นไปได้ของสิ่งที่อาจเกิดขึ้นได้””
— มิเชล โอบามา
อดีตสุภาพสตรีหมายเลขหนึ่งสหรัฐฯ นักเขียน และผู้รณรงค์สุขภาพครอบครัวกับการศึกษา
- Person
- Michelle Obama
- Source work
- Quotes / The Light We Carry (2022)
- Source text
- “You can’t make decisions based on fear and the possibility of what might happen.”
STORY & REFLECTION
Two plans while a decision is pending
Guidance-based illustration · Two plans while a decision is pending
Illustrative scene: A team awaits approval for an event venue while invitations are nearly due. One person begins designing around a preferred venue as though approval were final.
The team separates text usable for either venue and lists the work that truly depends on approval. When the choice arrives, the prepared path lets them move without throwing everything away.
Atlassian's prioritization play asks teams to agree on order and name work that can wait or stop. A new request should be considered alongside existing commitments.
Planning while waiting does not preempt the decision-maker. It keeps the waiting days from becoming empty days.
Reflection
Pending work benefits from a contingency.
A small action today
Prepare two options and their implications.
A question to reflect on
What changes in your plan if the answer is yes rather than no?