I read this great post on “moving the ball forward” on The 99% a while back (actually the whole site is great, recommend spending some time there, especially the videos). We’ve been using the term pretty regularly since then, plus you know, it’s some cool business lingo we all know and love.
Essentially, the ball (responsibility) always has to be in someone’s court to keep moving. When you’re wondering things like What should we do now? Who’s doing what? Are we waiting on the client or are they waiting on us? a simple question we ask ourselves is “Who has the ball”? Because if no one does, by default it’s on you to pick it up get it moving.
Thanks for the tip on the video section, I didn’t even know about it! Discovered the99percent.com a couple months ago, some great articles. I shared one of my favorites on my blog as well: http://mitchmckenna.com/blog/2010/01/what-happens-when-you-unplug-from-your-internet-addiction-2