Plans are Worthless: Why We Should Plan Anyway

RapidStart Leadership Podcast

These days as we move from one unforeseeable event to the next, it might seem that any effort to plan is a waste of time. Dwight Eisenhower would agree, at least in part, when he said, “Plans are worthless.” But here’s the rest of that great quote and what we can take from it to help us prepare for the next time the unimaginable happens.

Notes and Resources:

• Prefer to read? Here’s the full post: Plans are Worthless: Why We Should Plan Anyway
• For more on the idea of “Red Teams” check out Rapid Deliberation: 7 Ways to Hit the Target While Under Stress
• Here’s the full text of Eisenhower’s Speech.

Quotable:

“Plans are worthless, but planning is everything.” - Dwight D. Eisenhower

The primary reason for planning is to keep ourselves “steeped in the character of the problem that [we] may one day be called upon to solve.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Chapters

1. Introduction (00:00:00)

2. Plans are Worthless (00:00:49)

3. 3 Plans for the Unexpected (00:02:32)

4. The Takeaway (00:03:47)