To answer that question, you need to identify your target outcome and then assess any barriers that stand in your way.
Protopathic bias is a systematic error which occurs when measured exposure status may be affected by the latent onset of the target outcome.
Each component deal presents a tactical challenge, but sequencing the parts in a way that achieves the target outcome is a strategic challenge that can unfold over months or years.
It is supposed that the preferred model is one in which the probability of the occurrence of the target outcome depends on the covariates through a link function (logistic, probit, etc).
Less familiar is how to address the more strategic challenge that unfolds away from the table: sequencing the individual component deals in a way that allocates scarce negotiation efforts toward achieving the target outcome with enough support to make it stick.
After failed talks between longshoremen and the Pacific Maritime Association—a group of shippers and port operators the PMA's president turned away from the bargaining table and embarked on a campaign to align member firms, the business community, the U.S. government, and the public around his target outcome: the deployment of new information technologies to help unclog busy ports.
But for complex deals, which are usually built on a series of smaller ones involving multiple parties, a more strategic approach is to focus on what unfolds away from the table: the process of sequencing individual deals in a way that achieves the target outcome with enough support to make it stick.
In the example of consumer spending, real-time resolution is the target outcome.
The employee's number one priority is that the customer achieves their target outcome and advocates for them within the organization.
The team will help the cohort prepare for of Proof of Concepts (PoCs) with the global partners, which is ultimately a key target outcome for the programme.
When both you and your mentor are clear on the target outcome, you can both work together to reach it and share that sense of accomplishment.
