Timing
The victory of evolution over revolution
Revolution is an act of desperation for people who have been bad at evolution. When we are good at seeing and acting on what it is time for, we create less resistance and more cooperation. As you explore the concept of timing, what questions does it raise or insights does it provoke about your leadership practice?
Invisible Gorilla: An exercise in selective attention
The issue of selective attention is important to great timing, and predictable areas of accidental attention can act as wasteful time traps both for leaders and the organizations as a whole. This example shows that locking our attention on one thing can obscure other observations.
Practices
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Timing practice #1: Diagnose, predict, and prescribe
Use the Cycle of Value Diagnostic to help guide timing conversations through three phases: (1) diagnose, (2) predict, and (3) prescribe.
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Timing practice #2: An adjust protocol
Who are the key people crucial to success? Invite them to a conversation to review progress to date and accelerate the success of your efforts.
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Timing practice #3: Making the right thing easy and the wrong thing hard
When taking on an unprecedented achievement, practice making the right thing easy and the wrong thing hard.
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A Quote on Timing from Yogi Berra
A quote that you can use as your desktop background.
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The Cycle of Value Effect
A collection of practices, video, examples, and more on the Cycle of Value.
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Neil Blumenthal on Warby Parker’s key to success
Warby Parker’s success demonstrates how large and small organizations can benefit from great timing. In this Growth Show podcast, Warby Parker’s co-CEO, Neil Blumenthal, reflects on the company’s evolution.
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Companies with great timing
Examples of organizations with great timing that are able to seize a moment of unique opportunity by being present to “what it is time for now.”