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Identify Relationship and Trends

Look at the large context

Always stay current with industry and cultural trends, customers' needs, and competitors.

Areas to explore:

. Industry trends:

简而言之，就是多读多聊多参与

. Customer: customer surveys， focus group， social media

.Competitors

Understand your org's and unit's Strategic priorities

. Talk with your boss and peer managers

. Examine annual reports and other materials

还有比如公司高层的各种blogs，This week at xxxx....以后可以更多得关注起来。

. Notice how management allocates resources

多看看身边的例子，看看老板们是如何“运筹帷幄”，70% learn from practice, 20% from others

. Pay close attention to announcements from top executives

Know your job's strategic requirements

. Look at your JD and org chart in light of corp strategic priorities.

.Talk to your manager about their ideas between your function and the overall corp strategy.

.Ask yourself: 为了实现公司的战略，我目前需要做的最主要的事情是什么?

Make connections

To further boost your ability to see non-obvious connections:

. Get out of the office: challenge your worldview, and gain valuable new perspectives.

. Feed your curiosity. 好奇心永远是打开新世界大门的钥匙，所以慢慢培养自己的好奇心吧，不管是自己知道的还是不知道的。

. Play devil's advocate.质疑自己所知，不停地思考实践，然后就可以得到更深入的理解。

. Spend time with people who challenge 花更多的时间和challenge 的人去聊聊，看看他们的关注点是什么?为什么他们有那样的想法?或许正好是自己思考的过程中所遗漏的。

. Look for stories in the data.

Think visually

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Focus on the whole - not the parts

. Be clear about the org. overall goals.

. Question the value of any assignments that don't align with thosw goals.

. Set as a priority any work that benefits both.

Stay tuned...