The Time Horizons

Your reinvention plan should account for different time horizons. Some changes you can make immediately. Some take longer.

What can you change in thirty days? Usually the things that are about stopping. You can decide to stop writing routine status reports and have someone else write them instead. You can create a checklist for verifying AI output and start using it today. You can reach out to someone and schedule a conversation about their judgment on a decision.

What takes ninety days? Building new patterns of behavior. Writing one direction brief per week and sharing it is something you can do, but it takes time to understand how people respond, what works, what needs adjustment. Teaching someone effectively takes time for them to practice and to learn. Building reputation takes consistent repetition.

What takes six months to a year? Becoming genuinely known for something new. Shifting your identity, in your own mind and in others' minds, from the person who produces the most to the person who makes the system work. This is slower work. It requires that you be consistent over time. But it compounds.

Your reinvention plan should be realistic about these time horizons. Don't commit to becoming the person everyone comes to for direction briefs in thirty days. Commit to writing one a week and seeing what you learn. Commit to a ninety-day cycle where you're deliberately practicing this and measuring what's working.