SIX MONTHS OUT DATE __________________
RUN A TEST
m Take a one-week vacation as a test.
Do not go to the ofce or connect remotely
m Have a team meeting the rst day back
to review what did and didn’t work.
Adjust accordingly
m Conrm all plans for four-week vacation
m Commit to reducing Deciding and
Delegating to 5% and Designing to
95% in the next four months
FOUR MONTHS OUT DATE __________________
RUN MORE TESTS
m WEEK 1 – Run another one-week vacation test.
No connection for seven days
m
WEEK 2 – Debrief with team and
make adjustments
m WEEK 3 – Run another one-week test
m WEEK 4 – Meet again to debrief and x
TWO MONTHS OUT DATE __________________
PLAN FULL DISCONNECT
m Run another Time Analysis to conrm I am at
0% Doing. If not, nd a way to get there ASAP
m
Plan full disconnect with the team.
Who is responsible for taking over all my
communication platforms (Email, FB etc).
Make sure they know to change the password
so I can’t log in while I’m away
m Who will take my cell phone? Let them know
how I can be contacted in case of a true
emergency (like a death)
m Commit to achieving 99% Design time
ONE MONTH OUT DATE __________________
ACT AS AN OBSERVER
m Just sit back and observe, don’t Do or
Decide anything
m Delegate the outcomes for any remaining work
m Source materials to use during any naturally
occuring Design time while on vacation
(ie notebook, voice recorder)
m
Look for loose ends and document them. Don’t
tie them, just pass them on to someone else
ONE WEEK OUT DATE __________________
TAKE A VACATION AT WORK
m Go to the ofce, but don’t Do anything
m If anything comes up that isn’t Design work,
delegate it to someone else (even that one last
thing that I’m convinced only I can do…)
THE DAY BEFORE
OPERATION VACATION
DATE __________________
TAKE A VACATION AT WORK
m Send Mike an email to
Mike@OperationVacation.me with the
subject line “I’m outta here!”
m
Have the team member responsible for it
change my passwords to everything.
WHILE I’M AWAY DATE _____________
m Get lost in all the magic moments
m Keep that notebook or voice recorder
handy for when inspiration strikes
m Make meaningful connections
m Take pictures — so they can inspire the
next vacation!
WHEN I RETURN DATE _____________
m Schedule a meeting to debrief for the day
after I return. Document the following:
m What worked and didn’t work
m All the surprises and challenges that
cropped up
m What was forgotten about before I left?
m
Schedule one meeting a week for the next
four weeks so we can debrief, improve,
review and improve more
m Schedule the next four-week vacation for
twelve months from now. I’ve just started
a new tradition!
CLOCKWORK
OPERATION • VACATION