Why the length of your planning horizon determines whether your system reacts, drifts, or stabilizes
Short planning cycles feel adaptive. Long planning cycles feel rigid. Both are incomplete.
Planning is often treated as a scheduling exercise. How far ahead to commit. How frequently to adjust. How much detail to include. The horizon is set, and the organization operates within it.
What is less understood is that the horizon does more than organize work. It shapes behavior.
https://primamachina.substack.com/p/planning-horizons-define-system-behavior