2025.26 - It’s Planning Season 2026! I have some thoughts, some wise cracks, bit of sarcasm, but very useful advice on how to survive this annual ritual as a TPM.
So do you think annual planning for medium to large scale businesses is largely a solved problem with frameworks like Amazon's OP1/OP2 process, especially noting the top down / bottom up aspect and the S.M.A.R.T. goals? I'm asking because for me, the answer is largely.. yes.
To a certain degree yes. Their problem is that their operations are so massive and so many organizations with organizations, they end up with 50 things to do. Will they have the courage to say focus on 5 things and only those, that is a theory I hope we get to test one day.
So do you think annual planning for medium to large scale businesses is largely a solved problem with frameworks like Amazon's OP1/OP2 process, especially noting the top down / bottom up aspect and the S.M.A.R.T. goals? I'm asking because for me, the answer is largely.. yes.
To a certain degree yes. Their problem is that their operations are so massive and so many organizations with organizations, they end up with 50 things to do. Will they have the courage to say focus on 5 things and only those, that is a theory I hope we get to test one day.