Question

Running “what-if” scenarios during project execution most strongly confirms:

              A)          Patrick Lencioni’s “Thematic Goal” – “Silos, Politics,…”

              B)           Jim Collins’ “Productive Paranoia” – Great by Choice

              C)           Michael F. Barnsley’s “Chaos game” – Fractals Everywhere

              D)          Howard Behar’s “Patience, Passion, Persistence”

Answer 1

Running “what-if” scenarios during project execution most strongly confirms:

Correct answer is " B) Jim Collins’ “Productive Paranoia” – Great by Choice"

Productive Paranoia is a concept developed in the book Great by Choice. The only mistakes you can learn from are the ones you survive. Leaders who stave off decline and navigate turbulence assume that conditions can unexpectedly change, violently and fast. They obsessively ask, What if? By preparing ahead of time, building reserves, preserving a margin of safety, bounding risk, and honing their disciplines in good times and bad, they handle disruptions from a position of strength and flexibility.

Collins and Hansen make it clear: “The only mistakes you can learn from are the ones you survive”. The idea of Productive Paranoia is not for leaders to walk around scared, afraid to make decisions and suspiciously paranoid about their employees. Rather, the authors note that leaders in the 10x companies constantly ask “What If.”

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