I’ve always loved this quote first uttered by a Prussian Field Marshal 155 years ago and often repeated: “No battle plan survives first contact with the enemy.” Everyone nods when they hear it. Then they go right back to treating the plan like it’s gospel. Especially the less experienced crowd. You see it all the time—perfectly formatted plans, color-coded timelines, dependencies mapped out like it’s a NASA launch. And underneath it, this quiet assumption: “If…
