Building, Connecting and Leading with the Tangible Vision

When there is a crisis, there is an opportunity. ..." --- Ancient Chinese Saying.


Determining the Opportunity Within the Crisis
The Compass team collaboratively uses the Tangible Vision to determine the possible forthcoming crisis and the possible opportunity that comes from it.

The challenge is finding the opportunity for that crisis. While the team is determining the opportunity, they ask the following question, "Does the opportunity enables us to maintain the advantage for a macro moment? ... The next question is what is the length of the macro moment? ...”

To develop this advantage, focus on an idea that gives a position of strength, efficiency and flexibility.

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"Every man is the architect of his own fortune." - Sallust

A team that efficiently builds and connect with their Tangible Vision, has the opportunity to control their destiny

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"There is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come." .... Victor Hugo


We at C360 believes that Compass AE is the idea team collaborative tool for the 21st century.


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Build the Tangible Vision: Using the Fundamentals of Strategic Calculations from a Sun Zi Art of War viewpoint

Step 1 for building the Tangible Vision is performing the proper strategic assessments.
This can be achieved by studying the context in the mindmap.

Once the "strategic assessments" stage is completed, a project team of implementers can properly build a Tangible Vision. This enables them to view the big picture from the initial milestone to the grand goal.

Our Tangible Vision process also gives the team the capability to implement the following:
1. Complete the goal by determining the critical path;
2. Avoid the negatives and focus on positives;
3. Anticipate opportunities;
4. Perform proper pre-strategic positioning.
5. Shape the target; and
6. Lead by strategic collaboration.

When a collaborative group of implementers properly build a Tangible Vision, they will connect to it.

Does your strategic project process do that?

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Implement the Tangible Vision: Knowing When to Brainstorm

In any projects, unnecessary meetings occur.
When a Compass team leads with the Tangible Vision, unnecessary meetings will be a thing of the past. If an idea does not correlate with the specifics of the Tangible Vision, a brainstorm meeting is not required.

The Importance of Collaborative Preparation

Our Compass AE training is about collaboratively preparing as a project team in terms of knowing their goal and the specific objectives that must be completed. @ the same time, the team also knows how to manage themselves in terms of changes, consenscus, contingency and consequences.

With Compass AE, your team can collaborate anywhere regardless of the technology, the distance and the project culture.

The question for the day: Does your project team to do that?


[ Thoughts on Proper Preparation ]

• "Preparation Precedes Performance"
• "Proper Preparation Prevents Pissed, Poor Performance"
• "The Will To Prepare" is more important than "The Will to Win".
• "Know when and how to prepare is the first stage of preparation. ... Knowing what and how to plan is the next stage. ..."
• "Preparation Pays Profits when Preparation meets Opportunity. ..."
• Preparation + Opportunity = Success.

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• "The plan is nothing; . . . the planning is everything." - Dwight Eishenhower, the Grand Thinker of the "1944 D-day invasion of Normandy, France
• "Failure to Prepare is to Prepare to Failure." - Bill Walsh, the Architect of the West Coast Offense. Former Coach of San Francisco Forty Niners (Super Bowl Champions 1981-82, 1984-85, and 1988-89).
• " ... Organization leads to preparation. . . . Preparation eliminates the unexpected. Be ready for everything. . . . Overlook nothing. ... " - Brian Billick, Current Head Coach of Baltimore Ravens (Super Bowl Champions 2000-2001)- A Walsh's Prodigy.
• "If you have a plan, and if you have your direction laid out, you can chart your progress to your dreams at each stop along the way. ... And just as important, all along the way you can see how far you've come." - Michael Shanahan, Current Head Coach of the Denver Broncos (Super Bowl Champions 1997-1998, 1998-1999) - Another Walsh Prodigy.

Collaborative Preparation is the key to Compass Collaboration.