Turn serial dependencies into parallel action by questioning what is truly blocking
The untrained mind defaults to serial activities - 'I will do this after you do that.' But people often assume dependencies where they do not exist. Identify what is actually blocking and run everything else in parallel.
When to use
When planning project execution; when things feel stuck waiting on other things
Don't do this
Assuming everything must happen sequentially when work can actually proceed in parallel
3 Founders Who Did This
Ten times a day Girouard finds himself in meetings saying 'We do not need to wait for that thing, we can do this now'
Learned from Emily Chiu to build grids showing dependencies between teams, making it visible when one team is blocking another and using social pressure of timelines to drive completion
Adopted cross-functional project management framework: grid all dependencies, make blocking relationships visible, ensure actual implementers commit to timelines