Better Practice Space
First we make our habits then our habits define us, how can we make it easier to practice better habits?
If you can't validate the truth, you can't assess the rate of progress, if you can't assess the rate of progress, you can't make accurate predictions. If you can't make accurate predictions, you can't invest wisely in the future. If you can't invest wisely in the future, you lack the agency to drive improvement.
Drawing Board
Capture the reality of how things are and then the dream for how things should be.
Practice seeing the pictures that provide a pathway to success. Use Pictures and Diagrams to capture the job to be done by communicating how things work and explore potential to maximize flow and optimize transformation of energy.
| Name | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Process Map | Map reality, capture the truth |
| Process and Instrument Diagram | How a factory creates value. Will become Process and Agent Diagrams |
| Agents and Instruments Diagrams | How The World will work |
| Outcome Map | Clarify and align your team on desired outcomes and contributing factor |
| Capability Map | Assess your team's capabilities and identify areas for improvement |
| Dependency Map | Identify external factors affecting the ability to deliver value |
| Value Stream Map | Visualize and measure the flow of work through the delivery process |
| Business Model Canvas | |
| Abstraction Laddering | |
| Productive Thinking Model | |
| Affinity Diagram | |
| Conflict Resolution Diagram | |
| Design Map | |
| Empathy Map | |
| Inversion | |
| Ishikawa | |
| Issue Trees | |
| UML Diagram |
System of Record
Maintain a project masterfile to capture a Single Source of Truth of Business Critical Data that feed better Decision Making Systems to drive predictable (deterministic) progress.
| ARTIFACT | TYPE | QUALITY |
|---|---|---|
| Sales Pitch | Checklist & Presentation | ?/5 |
| Contact List | CRM Database | ?/5 |
| Business Model Canvas | Diagram | ?/5 |
| Business Plan | Checklist & Document | ?/5 |
| Customer Success Playbook | Value Flow & Checklists | ?/5 |
| Marketing Strategy | Document | ?/5 |
| Product Roadmap | Workflows & Checklists | ?/5 |
| Decision Journal | Document | ?/5 |
| Business Playbook | Document | ?/5 |
| Risk Mitigation | Checklist | ?/5 |
| Legal Documents | Document | ?/5 |
| Financial Model | Financial Model | ?/5 |
| Teamwork Index | Coordination Model | ?/5 |
| Better Practice Space |
Knowledge Footprint = Reference Data (Map Reality) + Transaction Data (Transformation Actions) + System Data (Instrumentation) => KPI Data.
Sales Pitch
Digital Persuasion Assets to drive Sales and Marketing efforts.
| POINT | PICTURE | CONVICTION |
|---|---|---|
| Problem | LINK | ?/5 |
| Solution | LINK | ?/5 |
| Potential | LINK | ?/5 |
| Systems | LINK | ?/5 |
| Culture | LINK | ?/5 |
| Priorities | LINK | ?/5 |
| Value | LINK | ?/5 |
Constantly Evolve your Sales Pitch and hold dreams accountable to reality by Auditing a Balanced Scorecard. Establish a standard onchain protocol for selling ideas and scoring conviction for sizing bets in investment opportunities.
Algorithms
Don't reinvent the wheel.