BRAD INDUSTRIES · CREW FILE · PREVENTION
Logistics
Division of Plans for the Plans
“There’s a plan for the plan.”
Also goes by the controller, the planner, the overthinker.
I have a spreadsheet for this conversation. Column A is what you’ll say. Column B is what they’ll say. Column C is what we do when they say something else. Column C is very long.
surprize!!
In red crayon: the inner child. Three words or fewer. Usually right.
His file
1What he says, and what’s underneath it
- What he says
- “What time, exactly?”
- What he means
- If I know what’s coming, I can keep you safe.
- The feeling under that
- On edge. Like the floor could drop.
- The need under that
- To feel steady, even when things change.
Brad only ever says the top line. Everything under it is what he’s guarding.
2How to spot him
- Hates last-minute changes, even good ones.
- Thinks three steps ahead in every conversation.
- Needs to know where to park.
- Overthinks small decisions, sometimes for days.
3Who he’s protecting
- He’s protecting
- The part of you that felt helpless when everything changed.
- On duty against
- Being blindsided.
- Where he got the job
- Brads like yours usually get hired when life changed suddenly and nobody explained it.
4His real talent
- What he’s good at
- Foresight. He sees problems coming and solves them early.
- Off duty, he’s
- A travel agent planning the trip you’ve always wanted.
- His blind spot
- He plans so hard for the future that he misses the fun part of it.
5What helps him stand down
- What he needs from you
- Let him plan the first step only. You can handle the rest when you get there.
- Say this to him
- “We’ll figure it out when we get there.”
- Skip this
- “Just go with the flow.”
- Ask him this
- “What’s the smallest plan that would feel safe enough?”
- Ask your people for
- Plans shared ahead of time, and a heads up when they change.
Try this tonight
Plan only the first step of tomorrow’s hardest thing. Leave the rest blank on purpose.
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Your Brad, meet theirs
One file covers one Brad. Most of the trouble happens between two. Take the quiz with a partner, friend, family member or coworker, and Brad writes the joint report: the loop your two Brads get stuck in, and the words that work.