Golden Opportunities · Recognising them · Component

The pattern

What an exceptional opportunity tends to look like here — described concretely, so that someone encountering one recognises it.

The deliverable

What it is

Exceptional opportunities arrive looking ordinary and inconvenient. Without a description of what one looks like, they are assessed by the standard process and become ordinary.

The description should come from examples the organisation has actually seen, including the ones it missed.

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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.

  1. The examples

    What has looked like one before.

    3 attributes: Example · Date · Taken

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  2. The markers

    What they tend to have in common.

    3 attributes: Marker · Reliable · Counter-example

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  3. The blind spots

    Where the organisation would not see one.

    3 attributes: Blind spot · Who would see it · Route exists

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Opportunities arriving through a normal process are usually ordinary. The exceptional ones arrive sideways.