While on a journey its always important to periodically check your positions, and reorient the team as necessary. Here are six questions to help you stay on track.

1. ● Where were we?
● Where are we?
● Where we going?
Self-Check #1
"If you want to know your
past – look into your
present conditions. If you
want to know your future
– look into your present
actions."
- Chinese Proverb

2. ● Does it support our goals and vision?
● Is it consistent with our values?
● What is our customer's perspective?
Self Check #2
“Face the reality of what is, not as it was or as you wish it to be.
If you don’t have a competitive advantage, don’t compete."
― Jack Welch

3. Self Check #3
● Who is doing it?
● When is it being done?
● Where is it now?
“Initiative is doing the right
thing without being told."
― Victor Hugo

4. Self Check #4
“Believe only half of what you see and nothing that you hear.” ― Edgar Allan Poe
How do you know?
Did you write it down?
Have you asked what if?

5. ”Fools ignore complexity.
Pragmatists suffer it. Some
can avoid it. Geniuses
remove it.“
― Alan Perlis
● Is it Simple?
● Is it Modular?
● Is it Extensible?
Self Check #5c

6. ● Who is already there, when can we say we are?
Self Check #6
“The future is already here — it's just not very evenly
distributed.”
― William Gibson