The picture on the jigsaw box

Bringing new people into the team presents a problem of context.

At it’s simplest big-block level of detail, what you and your organisation does is pretty easy to understand. Inputs, added value, outputs. This kind of service, that kind of product. It fits here.

Below that, layer after layer of detail.

We get practiced at describing the big-block level – to customers, partners, suppliers, significant others. We live inside the lowest level and understand it intimately.

For new insiders though, to be productive, getting from the top-most superficial level to the place where they can start adding value is easier or harder depending on you.

Give them a diagram, map, flow chart, architectural drawing, something. Something that lets them see not only the specifics of their tasks at hand, but where they fit and how they contribute.

And watch it click into place.

Skippy strategy: The picture on the jigsaw box.

Get a daily nudge by subscribing to email updates.

Category:
Skippiness