Intent Integrity

Execution

Execution is the process of realizing the chosen direction in practice.

What does execution mean here?

It produces the realized state, the organizational state that results from execution. The realized state produces the realized outcomes and may differ from the target state. How effectively the direction is realized is not itself a property of intent integrity. During execution, intent integrity concerns the quality of the reasoning used to guide judgments and adaptations, and especially the continuity that keeps those judgments connected to the established direction and intent.

The Intent Loop with execution highlightedHighlighted: Execution, where the chosen direction is realized while continuity with earlier reasoning is maintained.Change capabilityIntentIntent qualityDirectionDirection qualityExecutionIntent tracingValidationOutcome validationEvolutionCapability evolution
Highlighted: Execution, where the chosen direction is realized while continuity with earlier reasoning is maintained.

Realized State

The realized state is the organizational state that results from execution.

It produces the realized outcomes and may differ from the target state the chosen direction aimed to create.

Realized Outcomes

Realized outcomes are the outcomes produced by the realized state.

They may differ from what was expected of the target state. Outcome results provide evidence about realized outcomes. Under uncertainty, strong reasoning can still be followed by disappointing realized outcomes, and weak reasoning by fortunate ones.

Not the delivered output. What was delivered is the work; realized outcomes are what changed as a result of the realized state.

What it is not

Not a judgment of whether the chosen direction was worth realizing. Strong execution can realize the potential available through the chosen direction, but it cannot restore stronger possibilities already ruled out by intent or direction unless that earlier reasoning is reconsidered.

Where it sits

Execution is one of three fundamental elements of deliberate organizational change, alongside intent and direction. How effectively the direction is realized is not itself a property of intent integrity. During execution, intent integrity concerns the quality of the reasoning used to guide judgments, and especially the continuity that keeps those judgments connected to the established direction and intent.

  • Direction: Execution realizes the chosen direction in practice.
  • Realized State: Execution produces the realized state.
  • Realized Outcomes: The realized state produced by execution produces the realized outcomes.
  • Intent Tracing: Intent tracing maintains continuity between the reasoning behind intent and direction and the course of execution.

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Rozema, Lars. “Execution.” Intent Integrity. https://www.intent-integrity.com/execution. n.d.

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