\u201cSharing in Growth\u201d<\/a>. There on the wall was this magnificent image of a ship, – our Waterline model.<\/p>\nThis model was obviously being used to prioritize and focus resources in the business using post-its to identify the issues, with the business-critical issues sitting below the waterline in the Red zone.<\/p>\n
Intrigued by the application of the tool, I asked a couple of the senior leaders about their experience of using the tool in real life.<\/p>\n
Their first attempt at using the tool had been quite demoralizing, as they had identified a number of business critical issues \u2013 all below the waterline. Consequently they\u2019d given the tool a miss.<\/p>\n
When I chatted with them about this a few months later, they\u2019d had a chance to reflect on the exercise and had realized a number of key points:<\/p>\n
Firstly, they were experiencing a large number of business critical issues, which the tool only made even clearer to them<\/p>\n
Secondly, whilst it had seemed overwhelming at first, the exercise had \u2013 in fact \u2013 helped the
\nm get to work on some of the really important issues.<\/p>\n
With the business in a more stable state, they\u2019re going back to the Waterline as a regular prioritization and alignment tool for the management team.<\/p>\n
Success is not what we know, but what we do. This company is now making a difference by applying this simple, yet practical tool to their prioritization process.<\/p>\n
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