We want a prize in every box. In the next issue we will discuss resolving the conflict with the ProChain Stable Points approach to implementation. Deadlines Ron Davison thinks that any term with the word dead in it ought to be questioned. Deadlines are an ingrained part of most cultures. The apparent value of deadlines is expressed in the quote, If it weren t for the last minute, nothing would get done around here.
Deadlines can be valuable and are sometimes even necessary.
What they typically are not is the best way to get the benefits they supposedly promise. Let s look at why it is so many things get done in the last minute. You get a great deal of clarity about what you have to do. B. You simply focus on getting the task done. Now the drawback is that getting to that point of eminent deadline that so focuses us involves a lot of unfocused behavior.