How to Plan in a World That Keeps Changing

Most plans don't fail because they were wrong. They fail because nobody built in a way to change them.

In this 10-minute session, Herrmann's Chief Thought Leader, Ann Herrmann-Nehdi, breaks down the three traps that stall good decisions the moment a plan shifts, and the simple moves that keep you deciding well instead of freezing or forcing it.

3 Key Takeaways:

  1. Spot Your Trap: See whether stress, chasing certainty, or chasing the next option is where your thinking goes first when a plan breaks, and why each one costs you time you don't have.
  2. Build the Pivot in Before You Need It: Set your "if X happens, then I will do Y" triggers now, so changing course is a plan, not a scramble.
  3. Decide Without Full Data: Use a two-step check and a quick premortem to call it with the information you have, instead of waiting for certainty that isn't coming.