New Year's resolutions
Don't let positive change be held hostage by an unquestioned time-bound ritual.
The tradition of setting a New Year's resolution is rather an odd one.
Waiting for the 1st of January every year to set a new personal intention, and to begin following a new set of behaviours, is really rather silly.
Why wait for the 1st of January?
There is no reason to wait to make a change - if a change needs to be made; make it now.
The New Year's resolution has however become something of a ritual that society honours without question.
The same can also be said of the Annual Strategy Workshop - the yearly company breakaway where 'strategy' for the following year is discussed and set.
Who however made this a recognised rule?
Strategy work ideally must be done when strategy work is needed.
If it needs to be something that gets worked on every single day - then so be it.
Religiously assigning a three-day breakaway every year in January to work on 'strategy' doesn't make any logical sense.
If problem solving is needed, or an opportunities comes up as a result of an unexpected shift in the marketplace, a strategy need to be discussed and put in place; waiting for January (or whenever the usual gathering is normally scheduled) is too late.
Don't let positive change be held hostage by an unquestioned time-bound ritual; it's like volunteering to put yourself in a straight jacket because that's what everyone else does.