This post is about one of my 45-second pitches at my BNI Chapter, BNI City Business. You can read the introduction to this collection here.

30 June, 2023. This week was a meme-first slide, with the message developed to fit.

‘Ready, Fire, Aim’ was something a former CEO I worked for (Dennis Pickup at Auckland Healthcare) in the ’90s used to say. The importance of execution; don’t spend all your time planning. This is another Good Enough-like message, and has long resonated with me.

You could probably split the world into two: those that believe the plan is more important than the execution, and those that don’t. Both have their merits. At their extremes, neither really works. You need at least a little bit of direction to start, and you can adjust as you go. This is a philosophy that underpins my approach to Exit Planning. The process needs to be somewhat fluid – agile if you like – to make the journey work for my clients. Nothing is set in stone.

This slide is also part of an experiment I have been working on in preparation for my next 5-minute BNI presentation, due mid-July. How long can the meme caption be for people in the room not to give up reading? I think this is near the limit. There may be other factors at play as well. The testing continues.