Society for College and University Planning
What Do You Think? 'When Execution Gets Cheaper ...—Should Planning Be Cheaper, Too?
So says influential marketing blogger Seth Godin, author of many book and influential thought leader whose emphasis is on “marketing, respect, and the ways ideas spread.”
The digital revolution has, as in so many other areas, flipped the equation here. The cost of building digital items is plummeting, but our habit is to plan anyway (because failure bothers us, and we focus on the feeling of failure, not the cost).
The goal should be to have the minimum number of meetings and scenarios and documentation necessary to maximize the value of execution. As it gets faster and easier to actually build the thing, go ahead and make sure the planning (or lack of it) keeps pace.
Labels: Planning, Operational Planning, opinion
