You Cannot Close a Gap You Have Not Named.

You know something is off. Deadlines slip. Handoffs get messy. A project stalls and nobody can say why.

Feeling the problem is not the same as finding it. Before you fix anything, name the gap: the distance between where the work is and where it needs to be.

Here is a simple way to find it.

Write the goal in one sentence. Write where things stand today in one sentence. Look at the distance between the two. That is your gap.

Now ask where it lives. Is it a missing skill? An unclear handoff? A decision nobody owns? A message that was sent but not heard? Most gaps hide in the space between people, not inside any one person.

Two cautions.

Do not name five gaps. Pick the one that matters most this month.

Do not name a person. Name a point in the process. “Approvals wait three days between steps” is a gap. “Dana is slow” is a story.

Once you have named it, you can ask the question that matters: who is already closing this gap, even partly? That person is a winner, and your next step is to put more winners on it.

This week, name one gap in a sentence you could say out loud to your team.

A gap you can name is a gap you can close.

Just read. Try. Fail and get better.

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