# The CEO Has 17 Priorities. What Do You Cut?

A leadership team has labeled nearly every worthwhile initiative urgent. People are busy, but attention, decision capacity, and accountability are spread too thin for the most important work to move.

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Conclusion: Prioritization is not a better list. It is an explicit decision about what will receive scarce attention now and what will not.