Just like you can’t plan how a game of football will go, the same happens in business. There are too many moving pieces – your resources, people leaving and joining, the budget being cut, a burning business issue taking focus away, your competitors evolving, customers getting angry.

But what you can do is focus on your culture and your process. If you focus on enabling your teams to achieve their goals – they stand a much better chance of winning, however the game plays out.