How do you tell the difference between being agile/adapting and blowing up a plan just to chase something new/shiny?

<p>The term “agile” gets thrown around in the business world like it is the be-all and end-all to all things. But I and each of my panelists have seen chasing squirrels or shiny objects bring a project and even a business crashing down.</p> <p> </p> <p>The things that came out of this conversation</p> <p> </p> <ul><li>Make sure you know where you are going to begin with. If you don’t have a solid plan that is ideally written down somewhere, every new idea will look like have.</li> <li>Have a solid team around you that isn’t afraid to push back and ask why you want to make a change</li> <li>Be careful of just doing things because it’s “agile” and you learned how great it is at a conference.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>Entrepreneurs are amazing idea generators. It is often why they are successful. The smart ones know they need people around them to make sure things actually get finished because they are always off to the next thing.</p> <p> </p> <p>In this conversation we kept circling back to why and does the pivot make sense in the overall plan for the business and for the people.</p> <p> </p> <p>How do you know if you are making a wise pivot versus chasing something new and exciting that might not be a great idea for your success?</p> <p> </p> <p>Connect with the panelists: Francisco "Frank" Galindo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankgalindo-mba/</p> <p>He has 20 years experience working in PR where he enjoys bringing people together and creating partnership relationships. He is in the US.</p> <p> </p> <p>Brandon Mahoney: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drstartup/</p> <p>Co Founder of Launch Point Labs, National venture firm where he is the expert in creating sales departments. He is known as Dr Startup</p> <p> </p> <p>Bonnie Sussman-Versace: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bversace/</p> <p>Re-imaginer at FOCUSED. Where she specializes in developing leaders, building positive and productive workplace cultures, and improving individual, team and enterprise-wide performance </p> <p>Dr Robyn Odegaard: <a href='https://www.linke