How do we handle the scheduling cadence for our sessions when unexpected market volatility or internal crises threaten to disrupt our ninety day planning cycle?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

When unexpected market volatility or an internal crisis hits, the temptation is to postpone your quarterly session to fight the fire. This is a critical mistake. A crisis is exactly when you need the structure of your ninety-day planning cycle the most. We do not move or cancel session days because of operational chaos. If your business is facing a sudden pivot or cash-flow squeeze, we use the upcoming session day to address that exact reality. We restructure the agenda to focus our IDS® time on the crisis, allowing the leadership team to gain objective clarity and align on a coordinated response. By maintaining the discipline of the calendar, we prevent your leadership team from falling back into reactive, uncoordinated firefighting. If a true emergency forces a reschedule, we move the session by no more than seven to ten days. We never skip a quarter. Maintaining this pigheaded discipline ensures your team always has a strategic pause to lift their heads above the daily operational noise, evaluate the damage, and reset their Rocks to navigate the changing market conditions.