Finding a Vision...

I've been "re-reading" (listening to an audio version of) David Allen's amazing book Getting Things Done : The Art of Stress-Free Productivity. I will no doubt blog further on this work in the future, as it made a dramatic improvement at the way I approach my "to do" lists.


For this blog entry, I wanted to relate David's advice for creating a vision "in three easy steps" :)

• View the project from beyond the completion point
• Envision what wild success would look like (and suspend any "yeah, but..." thoughts)
• Capture the features, aspects, and qualities you imagined in place

At the office we've been working to establish our vision for Data Warehousing at Children's Hospital. I am really excited about this because we have the right people, technology, and funding to create a world class data warehousing program. Coming up with the vision first allows us to focus our efforts and decide in advance how we'll make some of the tough decisions that lay ahead.