We all do some thinking while doing mindless work, but don't kid yourself. Real planning and strategy development needs dedicated time to these tasks. Sure you can come up with an idea while in the shower, but vetting that idea, evaluating the risks, looking for opportunities to make it stronger.... I don't buy it that you can do that while driving down the road. Get a white board, get other people around, use a facilitative process and get after it.
I do my $100/ hour work while iam doing a mindless $10/hour job. Because thats when my mind can think about how to improve things.
We all do some thinking while doing mindless work, but don't kid yourself. Real planning and strategy development needs dedicated time to these tasks. Sure you can come up with an idea while in the shower, but vetting that idea, evaluating the risks, looking for opportunities to make it stronger.... I don't buy it that you can do that while driving down the road. Get a white board, get other people around, use a facilitative process and get after it.