Some of my most rewarding assignments come from successful organizations who ask me to help them prioritize their activities so they can focus energy on important things.
The first phase is usually a Strategy Audit where I get an outsider’s perspective on all the stuff they’re doing.
My job is to help the leaders see things differently, with a new set of eyes – to separate the missional efforts from the stuff that drains the place of energy and resource.
Take 5 minutes and listen to this amazing piano solo from the February 2009 TED symposium. At first it sounds like a bunch of mindless pounding – but as you pay close attention you can hear an amazing melody under the cacophony.
The pianist combined Chaos and Harmony into a pleasant piece. In many ways, your organization is like this piano piece – wheat and chaff woven together. My most rewarding assignments are those where I am asked to make sense of the Chaos.
