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Thursday, May 13, 2010
Outcome v process
"It's easy to think about how the world could be better than it is. What is amazing to me, that being the case, is how much time and energy are devoted to inarticulate battles about the process of change, and how little time is spent thinking about how the world could be better than it is."
That's Bill James.
I'm a big believer in the idea that individuals should focus on process rather than outcome. But, groups of people often get so bogged down in process - especially when they are contemplating changes that have yet to happen - when the groups would be better off worrying about defining outcomes.