Quarterly planning is a structured approach to setting goals, aligning priorities, and ensuring progress over a three-month period. It offers enough time to achieve meaningful results while remaining short enough to adjust to changes.
Many designers feel unheard at work, whether by managers who don’t understand design, executives who prioritize speed over quality, or clients who assume their personal taste overrides expertise.
Rush jobs are often framed as an unavoidable part of creative work—an occasional fire drill to keep things moving. But when last-minute projects become the norm, they don’t just disrupt workflow; they erode the foundation of good creative work.
Hey fellow leaders, it’s Charm’s Founder Lauren here. I am proudly no longer a project fire starter. But let’s go ahead and relive my trauma together for educational benefit; let’s take a look at some of my arsonist history.