Making It Happen
by Peter Sheahan
A book about execution gaps: why good ideas stall between concept and result, and the shifts (packaging, positioning, influence, discipline) that get them across. Sheahan writes from consulting with large firms, and the examples are corporate, but the sequence applies to any project.
Read it if…
you have plenty of ideas and a history of not shipping them.
Skip it if…
you want idea generation; this begins after the idea.
Three things you will actually use
- Ideas are cheap; implementation is the differentiator.
- Package the idea for its audience.
- Influence is part of execution.
Do this first
Take one stalled idea and write how you would package it for the person who must say yes.
Our verdict
From idea to result.
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