The Gap between Design & Implementation

 



Great leaders don’t just architect the plan. They close the gap between intention and implementation.

The design was perfect.
The plan was solid.
The execution?
Well… take another look.

This image says it all.
- The ramp was procured.
- The safety channel was there.
- The cables were measured and bundled.
- Even the ties were fastened. 

And yet…

The cables still run outside the 
very protection designed for them.
Worse, it runs under the channel such 
that it will be 'crushed' by the channel itelf.  
Because someone didn't put them in the right place 
Someone was not told that wires go inside the channel.

This isn’t just a picture.
It’s a metaphor for how strategy often fails, 
not in the boardroom or the drawing board,
but in the very last mile of execution.

It’s the missed detail.
The assumed handover.
The overlooked alignment.
It’s the 'obvious' that wasn’t, 
to the person doing the work.

As leaders, your job isn't just to design brilliant solutions.
It’s to ensure that those solutions are implemented the way they were intended.
And if they are not; to pause and ask: why not?

Is there 
- a communication gap?
- a training gap?
- a clarity gap?
Or just too many moving parts and too many assumptions?

Execution doesn't break down because of incompetence.
It breaks down because Leaders assume it will run itself 
after the “thinking and planning part” is completed.

#ExecutionGaps #Leadership #StrategyToExecution #UncomfortableCoach #ManagementRealities #CoachHemant #MondayBlues : ) 


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