Not blind
There are two kinds of people in the world: you, and everyone else.
The big difference? You are the only one hooked up the way you are,…
If the work is a commodity that could be performed by any reasonably trained and averagely motivated individual, process is king. Put Tab A into Slot B, repeat, repeat, repeat. And in reality, that’s probably most of the work that gets done in the world.
But it’s not our world. Our world is of change, the new, the reinvented. Where, by definition, this hasn’t been done before.
For comfort, we wrap it up in systems that promise excellence: change systems, project systems, personnel systems, communications systems, system systems.
The systems have merit – and absolutely add value – but not blind.
Our job is to use the pieces of the system that help the process and then to connect the dots. It’s not to believe the system is a magic box that will do the management for us.
People do the real work, including management.
Skippy strategy: The right tool, honed for the job.
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