Toddler Soccer

Ami Vora has watched a lot of youth soccer. 'I have three kids. It's a very fresh metaphor.'

She sees the same pattern at work.

'When you give people direction like "everybody just go get revenue," everyone runs to the same surface or the same customer set. Everyone's tripping on each other, trying to grab the same thing. Nobody really gets contact on the ball. There's no coordination.'

This is parenting with multiple goals.

'Brush your teeth AND put on pajamas AND get your water cup AND choose a book!' The toddler runs to... the book. Because that's the most fun ball.

Instead, sequence. 'First pajamas. Then teeth. Then you can pick the book.'

One ball at a time. Clear position. No tripping.

'Let's play the entire field. What would it look like if every team had a different goal that ladders into what we actually need to accomplish?'

Translation: sequence the asks. One clear ball at a time.