If the company wants to start a brand-new project, the boss arranges you to lead the team and tells you what resources are needed, and then just ignore it. What will you do?
Some people may feel that they are finally able to do a big job, and they are ecstatic; some may immediately start planning, arranging meetings, and arranging work; others may choose to go out to celebrate first, after all, the boss gives power Bigger, more resources can be mobilized, this can be regarded as a prelude to promotion and salary increase. But my friend S encountered this situation. He told me like this: "I feel scared." Because he didn't know anything, he didn't know where to start. The boss did not give S further instructions and plans. Although on the surface it is absolutely trustworthy, if he fails to do a good job, S still has to bear the responsibility. Think about it, is it terrible to shoulder heavy responsibilities? Terrible to terrible, S did a few things to resolve.
He made a feasibility report, listing out the amount of resources required to accomplish this thing, what kind of experience, technology and equipment are needed, how much time is needed, and to what extent it is considered a preliminary success. In terms of current conditions What is the probability of success in the end... Don't look at these questions and write them simply, S has prepared for a full month. He surveyed and visited several technical experts in the industry, and contacted several entrepreneurs in the same industry based on his personal connections to ask others for advice. Then, he collected a lot of information on the Internet to understand how the upstream and downstream of this industry operate. For example, which companies have the largest market share, where are the barriers to competition, what are the key directions of their respective development, and where are the future development trends going. Then he bought the best-selling products on the market, took them home and disassembled them one by one, and compared the functions one by one. In the end, he made the above surveys into a 150-page slide and presented it to the boss at the group meeting.
The boss thought he was going to talk about how he planned to do this new business, but he didn't expect to see all his analysis: if we do it, can we do it successfully. Naturally, the boss praised him a lot and said that he did not misunderstand him.
After completing the feasibility report, S did the second thing: allocate resources and build a team. S firmly believes that professional things must be done by professional people. To this end, he made a recruitment budget plan, clearly stated that within 2 months of the start of the project, how many people at the technical director level are needed, how many engineers have relevant development experience, and what do these people need to have? Skills, what projects have been done, and which companies are best to be in. And all of this information was inquired by S early when he made the feasibility report.
Now, this new project of S has been running for 2 months, so far, everything is going well. Although I don't know if it will continue smoothly in the future, after listening to the experience S told me, I only have one feeling: the thinking is really clear!
Several friends around me have gradually established their own businesses, but there are really very few people like S who follow the plan step by step from the beginning. Many people have an idea first, and start to do it when the idea is only 50% mature, and the remaining 50% is left to luck. This is actually no different from gambling. S does things differently. Although he doesn't know whether the remaining 50% will succeed, he knows what conditions are needed if he wants to succeed, and how to strive for them.
Clear thinking means not to arrange every step in place, but to know what to do if you succeed, what to do if you fail, and what to do if you are in a deadlock. Later, S told me that if things really messed up and the boss asked S to take the blame and resign, he would still have a way out. When he made the feasibility report, he deliberately established relationships with people in that industry. If he leaves the original company in the future, it is not impossible to join the other party. If you can't beat the opponent, then join the opponent, he even thinks about this back path.
The thinking is clear, these four words are simple to write, and they are not simple at all. Although S's story is more like starting a business, it actually has a lot of enlightenment for us in our daily work. No matter what you do, there must be steps, ranging from a daily plan report or a speech draft to the completion of a project or a major business initiative. You must talk about everything, and your brain will not know how to write it. chaos.
