As a leader I can have added value, if I can convince people that the focus should
be on the bigger picture.
There is always a bigger picture.
If you are aware of that, of wider,
more complex systems, beyond your organisation,
then you can create a big advantage for the future of that organisation.
So, you have to keep the big picture in mind at
all times but at the same time you can never lose sight of the details - and there are
always many details.
You have to be able, as it were,
to zoom in, to get to the root cause of some issue quickly,
and then zoom out again fast to see the big picture again.
And you need to consider both local and global perspectives,
also to gain support for those decisions.
That can be quite tricky sometimes, finding the right balance.
And of course you have to understand your business or project through and through.
You have to know extremely well what is the essence of it,
what is the core.
That will help with developing products, services,
solutions that serve your customer’s needs and that can be easily explained to all major
stakeholders.