πͺ§ Why This Matters
Step 2 clarified what must hold. Step 3 is where you choose what matters most.
This step helps you decide:
- where effort concentrates,
- what stops,
- what changes,
- what resources move,
- and what risk you are deliberately accepting.
π Part 1: Strategic Priorities
β£
Test each priority:
- Does this strengthen our higher intent?
- Does this reflect our chosen role?
- Does this help resolve a key tension?
If not, it is probably not a priority.
π₯ Part 2: Trade-offs and actions
β£
Guidance:
- Stop: work that no longer fits the posture.
- Reduce: work that matters but is not central.
- Continue: core activity that should be protected and sharpened.
- Start / Invest: work or capability that is newly required.
If βStopβ is empty, return to the priorities and posture.
βοΈ Part 3: Resource and risk
Resolve key tensions
Return to the enduring tensions from Step 1.
β£
Resource Alignment
You canβt have strategy without resource movement
β£
If resource lines do not shift, you need to go back to examining your trade-offs
Risk Check
Every strategic decision shifts risk.
β£
Good strategy reduces some risks and deliberately accepts others.
π Part 4: Summary
Capture your final position.
β£
Step 3 outcome
By the end of this step, you should be clear on:
- the few outcomes that matter most,
- what is stopping or reducing,
- where resources are moving,
- what tension you are resolving,
- and which risks you are intentionally carrying.
This becomes the bridge to Step 4.
πͺ Next step