Planning – The Musings of the Big Red Car

First Draft

Big Red Car — Thu, 13 Sep 2018 11:48:06 +0000

Big Red Car here on an early Thursday. Hope you are well. God help the Carolinas. Much of life is about getting beyond its first draft. A writer develops a first draft subject to a lot of self-editing and then sends it to a professional editor. That editor will undertake the following Stations of the […]

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Exemplars – Corporate Governance

Big Red Car — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 19:35:12 +0000

Big Red Car here safely returned from travels back to the ATX, ahhh, on Earth as it is in Texas! Warm old Texas! So, the Big Red Car gets a call from a young fledgling company CEO (a compilation of three such calls with the names changed to protect the innocent) who says, “Big Red […]

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CEO Shoptalk – Plan B

Big Red Car — Wed, 09 May 2018 15:56:19 +0000

“Wow, that plan really sucks. What’s plan B?” Big Red Car here with a conversation with a couple of CEOs swirling in my head. What got me thinking was my recommendation to “burn the boats” meaning making a total and irrevocable commitment to a plan. One of the CEOs said, “What’s plan B?” It was […]

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Planning – Big Red Rules – 2018 I

Big Red Car — Wed, 03 Jan 2018 13:22:40 +0000

Planning, the breakfast of champions, y’all. Big Red Car here on a cold morning. How cold, BRC? Brrrr, it’s 23F with a high of 53F today. Come on, sunlight. So, today we have a few rules pertaining to planning. It is a time of year that CEOs should have finished their planning for 2018. Big […]

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Horribles — the List of Horribles

Big Red Car — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 18:13:09 +0000

Horribles, Big Red Car? What are you talking about? Horribles? Big Red Car here on a nice Monday, bit of sun and all is well in Austin By God Texas. On Earth as it is in Texas. When you get finished with Vision, Mission, Strategy, Tactics, Objectives, Values, Culture and when your pitches are pitch […]

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Strategy v Tactics v Objectives for Startups

Big Red Car — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 13:24:35 +0000

Big Red Car here. Bit of rain this morning in the ATX but it’ll be 70F before too long. So The Boss is meeting with a particular CEO, brilliant chap. They get talking about planning in general but the discussion leads to the differentiation amongst strategy v tactics v objectives. Strategy Strategy is the view […]

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Handmade, Craftsmanship

Big Red Car — Mon, 07 Jul 2014 14:44:21 +0000

Big Red Car here. Oh boy, it’s a wonderful day in the ATX. It is still not too hot but it is getting there. The mornings and the evenings are incredible. So The Boss is getting on his high horse about planning and the necessity to plan effectively. The first thing about planning is that […]

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The Tactical Business Plan

Big Red Car — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 15:05:41 +0000

Big Red Car here. Ahh, the ATX, it’s lovely to live in paradise. The Boss is back, so finally it’s back to writing regularly. Hey, Boss, nice to have you back. So The Boss is involved with Techstars Austin as a Mentor and meets all the teams on Mentor Day or some such thing. Very […]

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Planning Your Path To The Pay Window, Are You?

Big Red Car — Mon, 03 Mar 2014 16:57:03 +0000

Big Red Car here. The Boss is still in the Boat skiing. Nothing like Spring skiing — 40F at the base and colder up top but warm and pleasant for the schussing. And, we all love a bit of schussing. So The Boss runs into one of his pals — uber successful guy — who […]

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Hedging Your Bets

Big Red Car — Mon, 17 Feb 2014 13:45:14 +0000

Big Red Car here. For the record the A/C has been on in The Boss’s house in the last 24 hours. Just saying. Today it will be, oh, about 80F this afternoon. Love that global warming. So The Boss has been at the CEO coaching looking toward two years now. He’s learned a lot. Amongst […]

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