A key question we should ask is have our long-term priorities really changed? Or are we in that difficult place where we have new urgent priorities, but the importance of work we were doing prior to the arrival of COVID hasn’t really changed?
Tempting as it may be to quietly bury previous priorities down the bottom of the garden and hope that the neighbour’s dog doesn’t dig them up, it pays to look a bit more closely.
So before we dismiss our previous priorities and focus on new expectations, take a little time out to review and refresh work we put on hold.
Chances are, you put a lot of effort into that work, and you may very well find that it is still well grounded. So, no matter how unappetising it looks in the current environment, there are a few questions you should ask.
The first thing to assess therefore is whether the environment or context has really changed that much.