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Health and Hygiene
by gdanner on Dec 06, 2005 - 04:00 PM read 447 times Source: http://blog.industrial-science.com/2005/12/health-and-hyg... |
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It happens every time I go to the doctor. For some odd reason I want to impress him by telling him how Ive been exercising, how well Ive done with my dietit is as though Im looking for some kind of reward.
We know what the rewards are. If we do all these good things, we will, on average, live longer and feel better. We do this to set the stage to function better. Exercise and proper diet arent home runs in our lives, rather they are odds-enhancers.
This last point is a crucial one when we think about business. Intuitively we pay our vendors on time because its good hygieneto not do so is to risk a disease welling up in an important part of our corporate body. So lets play doctor for a momentwhat is a valuable regimen for the average firm to increase the odds that it can perform when called upon by random events? Heres my own listI certainly would love to hear extensions to this from our readers.
1. Set aside dedicated think time for yourself and all of the critical players in your company. Measure the outcome.
2. Model the company. A simple abstract is finejust lift yourself out of the noise and conceptualize what the company is and does. It is amazing what insights can come from a simple picture. Many of our greatest products and organizations started from a few quickly assembled pictures.
2. Data, data, data. You cant do any kind of meaningful action without data to prime the pump. There is no such thing as too much data.
3. Can you describe you company to an eighth grader?
4. Be a seeker of analogies the best ones are far afield of your industry.
There you have it. Now bend overtrust me, you will only feel a moment of discomfort
We know what the rewards are. If we do all these good things, we will, on average, live longer and feel better. We do this to set the stage to function better. Exercise and proper diet arent home runs in our lives, rather they are odds-enhancers.
This last point is a crucial one when we think about business. Intuitively we pay our vendors on time because its good hygieneto not do so is to risk a disease welling up in an important part of our corporate body. So lets play doctor for a momentwhat is a valuable regimen for the average firm to increase the odds that it can perform when called upon by random events? Heres my own listI certainly would love to hear extensions to this from our readers.
1. Set aside dedicated think time for yourself and all of the critical players in your company. Measure the outcome.
2. Model the company. A simple abstract is finejust lift yourself out of the noise and conceptualize what the company is and does. It is amazing what insights can come from a simple picture. Many of our greatest products and organizations started from a few quickly assembled pictures.
2. Data, data, data. You cant do any kind of meaningful action without data to prime the pump. There is no such thing as too much data.
3. Can you describe you company to an eighth grader?
4. Be a seeker of analogies the best ones are far afield of your industry.
There you have it. Now bend overtrust me, you will only feel a moment of discomfort
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