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Processes are desirable – systematic ways to achieve a reliable result. All organizations should develop and use processes for both efficiency and effectiveness. The maxim “good processes generate good results” is true.
However, even the best process work can go awry. Process-oriented organizations need to avoid “the dark side” behaviors which undermine the value of having good processes at all.
Here are six traps and problems to avoid: [Read more…] about When Process Work Goes Awry
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Ideas come and they go.
Some of those ideas that come are bad, some are good and then some are those great ones in life.
Forget about the bad ideas once you recognize which ones those are. There is no use in spending mental capacity on ideas that aren’t going anywhere.
As for the good ideas, write those down somewhere where you can come back to them later. You may need to spend extra time thinking about how you can make those good ideas even better. With some strategic planning, those will most likely become great later on.
Great ideas are the game changers. Those are the ones that are bigger than you. Those are the ones that you will need help in making happen. Those are the ones that will impact others the most. Those are the ones you will want to spend time on to craft very carefully in order to make them succeed in the way they were intended to. Those are the ideas that are ready to be seen.
So, You Are Just Down One Step: The Idea
Frankly, all you need is one golden idea to kickstart the process, but wouldn’t it be great if you had so many great ideas that you had options on which one to move on first? When options happen, you don’t settle for just another good idea. The creative juices begin to flow and greatness begins to form.
The idea is to increase the frequency of great ideas. So, how do you do that?
Here are a few ways to put yourself in the way of more great ideas:
I was chatting with my friend, Jeremie Kubicek, CEO of GiANT Impact, about how to process ideas. His simple insight has been a help to me.
Filter your idea(s) through the following:
People – are the right people at the table to make the idea executable?
Funding – are the financial resources available to execute the idea?
Timing – are the timing elements aligned to execute this particular idea?
Once you have the main ingredients (above), I would add three important factors:
Organization – are you putting elements together to create a functioning whole?
Discipline – are you prepared to live in an orderly pattern of behavior?
Poise – are you in a state of readiness, especially for the unexpected?
