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Being busy and being productive are not the same thing.
- Products become complicated. - Organizations become complicated. - Processes multiply. - Meetings multiply. But why? Why do we really need all these extra meetings? Why do you get invited to meetings where you barely c…
Being busy and being productive are not the same thing.
- Products become complicated.
- Organizations become complicated.
- Processes multiply.
- Meetings multiply.
But why? Why do we really need all these extra meetings? Why do you get invited to meetings where you barely contribute? Why do we spend hours and hours in conversations without making a decision or moving anything forward?
Maybe because that is how you are supposed to behave in an office. Maybe because that is the way we have always done it. Or maybe because adding something is much easier than removing it.
A new meeting gets added
A new process gets introduced
Another person needs to approve
Another report needs to be created.
Each decision probably made sense at the time.
But very few people go back six months later and ask: do we still need this?
Complexity has a tendency to grow by itself. Simplicity doesn’t. I think one of the most valuable things a leader can do is continuously remove complexity.
Cancel the meeting that no longer has a purpose. Remove a step from the process. Reduce the number of people involved in a decision. Give people the responsibility and trust to get things done.
Being busy and being productive are not the same thing.
Sometimes the best thing you can add to an organization is to remove something.
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