Long term goals · Growth horizons · Component
The allocation
The agreed share of resource going to each horizon, and who signs off on changing it.
The deliverable
What it is
An allocation matters less for its numbers than for having been decided. A share nobody set is a share that will be taken.
The protection mechanism is the working half of this component. Without it, the far horizon is funded until the first difficult quarter.
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What it is made of
Each element is a constituent part of the component. Follow one to see the attributes it carries.
The shares
What each horizon receives, in money and in people.
3 attributes: Budget · People · Share
LearnThe protection
What it takes to move resource out of a horizon.
2 attributes: Approval required · Conditions
LearnThe reallocations
Every movement of resource between horizons, with the reason.
3 attributes: Amount · Reason · When
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Funding a far-horizon bet while assigning nobody to it is the most common way of appearing to invest in the future.
The other components in growth horizons
The horizon map
Current initiatives sorted into three horizons: defending the core, building what is next, and keeping options open.
LearnMeasures per horizon
The distinct standard each horizon is judged by — return on the near one, learning on the middle, optionality on the far.
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