Monday, January 12, 2015

Complicated Won't Cut It in 2015

The typical response to a problem is to create a new set of rules. Over time, all these new rules complicate things and start interfering with productivity. The answer, according to senior staff at the Boston Consulting Group, is ‘smart simplicity.’

In a brand new Industry Week article, they tell the ‘Six Rules of Smart Simplicity’ to help manufacturers avoid getting bogged down. The rules include:

  • Find out what’s really happening (since performance problems are often the result of people’s actions)
  • Identify ‘Integrators’ who tend to make cooperation happen
  • Empower people to make a difference
  • Find ways to make people dependent on each other
  • Don’t punish failure, but punish failure to cooperate

These titles only scratch the surface, so take a look at the complete article from Industry Week here