Other Strategies for Strategic Awareness

Keeping tabs on your ecosystem

Congrats on reading all the way through! This was one of the most abstract and challenging chapters in the course, and a lot of work remains for you to apply these raw ideas to your specific situation. I did my best, but each of these things are books unto themselves, so I merely gave you the grand tour.

Here are a few final tips for keeping tabs on your ecosystem, staying focused while keeping up to date.

Keep a reference counter for technologies

Every time you hear about technology and think, “I should check it out!” - keep a mental or literal tally. Only actually check it out once your counter hits five. This is enough that it isn’t a flash in the pan, but also not too late that you’re ignoring something that could be ...