http://www.aarongerdes.com/articles/tag/crunchtime en-us 40 Strategy, design, and technology to stand out and win business. <p class="image"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/aarongerdes/162443714/"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/77/162443714_1b114ce0c3.jpg?v=0" title="Three geese, two eating, one alert" alt="Three geese, two eating, one alert" /></a></p> <p>I&#8217;ve heard that a flock of geese always has one member with its head up, &#8220;standing guard&#8221;, while the others eat.</p> <p>It&#8217;s &#8220;crunch time&#8221; at your organization. You&#8217;re a few days (read: two weeks) away from launching a new web app. Who&#8217;s got their head up?</p> <p>Who&#8217;s prepping contacts to sign up on launch? Who sees that there&#8217;s a new beta opportunity? When your competitors blog that they&#8217;re launching early, or release that new killer new simplification, who alerts the group?</p> Wed, 07 Jun 2006 11:19:00 -0700 urn:uuid:99ca40ea-ebfb-4978-b5f0-6f9bb2ad702d aarongerdes@gmail.com (Aaron Gerdes) http://www.aarongerdes.com/articles/2006/06/07/keep-your-head-up-during-crunch-time communication business crunchtime strategy business teamwork crunchtime strategy business teamwork http://www.aarongerdes.com/articles/trackback/56 <p class="image"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/aarongerdes/162443714/"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/77/162443714_1b114ce0c3.jpg?v=0" title="Three geese, two eating, one alert" alt="Three geese, two eating, one alert" /></a></p> <p>I&#8217;ve heard that a flock of geese always has one member with its head up, &#8220;standing guard&#8221;, while the others eat.</p> <p>It&#8217;s &#8220;crunch time&#8221; at your organization. You&#8217;re a few days (read: two weeks) away from launching a new web app. Who&#8217;s got their head up?</p> <p>Who&#8217;s prepping contacts to sign up on launch? Who sees that there&#8217;s a new beta opportunity? When your competitors blog that they&#8217;re launching early, or release that new killer new simplification, who alerts the group?</p> Wed, 07 Jun 2006 11:19:00 -0700 urn:uuid:99ca40ea-ebfb-4978-b5f0-6f9bb2ad702d aarongerdes@gmail.com (Aaron Gerdes) http://www.aarongerdes.com/articles/2006/06/07/keep-your-head-up-during-crunch-time communication business crunchtime strategy business teamwork crunchtime strategy business teamwork http://www.aarongerdes.com/articles/trackback/56