Creates a one-page strategic document of the version of you who’s already twelve months ahead.

Write a one-page brief as if introducing yourself to a new board twelve months from today. Cover: role, results shipped, reputation, reports under you, three decisions that got you there.

The gap between that brief and your current state isn’t a visualization, it’s a backlog. Work back from it into next quarter’s strategic priorities.

OUTPUT: One-page document. Revisited quarterly.

From The Operator’s Edge, Principle #2.