Archer: Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones said the following on 105.3 The Fan regarding the Cowboys quarterback situation with Dak Prescott and Tony Romo: "We probably are never going to have this sorted out. We're going to play this by ear."
I think a decision to "play something by ear" is in and of itself "sorting it out"...that's called following the "agile" or "iterative" approach in strategy speak...figuring it out as you go is how much of technology is developed these days...or even medications (the original intended usage for Rogaine and Viagra weren't ultimately how they're used today...both were originally developed as cardiovascular drugs that surprisingly had different effects!?!). You develop something under one set of principles, assumptions and expectations and, through collaboration, you allow yourself to "iterate" to different outcomes/objectives than that originally set forth if
the process calls for it. That's called intelligence in my book.
I think, though we often mock Jason for his overuse of the term, is why you hear to word "process" referenced so much from the organization...more so than terms such as "objective" or "goals"...agile and iterative strategy is about
the process above all else...
how you get there is the critical question. Not sure if Jerry meant it this way but this is the way I choose to understand it.
