Have you
ever asked yourself if efficiency is what you need?
I was
speaking with my niece and she said she thinks she needs 'Strong will'. She
posits that with strong will she can reach efficiency. She went further to say
that with strong will she can always push towards the ever changing efficiency
with a strong will. I told her I tend to disagree and only agree to the extent
that we all need a driver and at least she had picked on a driver. Again, as
with any driver, they can push you to the brinks, but it takes more than these
drivers to sustain those heights. And then, drivers are sinkers, they run on
energy.
Yet I
think that Efficiency is simply overrated. It’s overrated because; we always
have a challenge with all instance of efficiency - i. e. 'The How to Measure'.
It follows then that efficiency tilts more towards subjective elements for
measuring progress, competence and success.
Let’s
consider this, I can be very efficient, but because it is not focus on where
the bottleneck resides, the effect of all my efficiency output grounds to noth.
SO it is not about how brutal that efficiency was, it is how much it helps to
unlock the bottleneck or optimize the weak link.
So we
must not focus on being brutally efficient, rather our push must be to ride the
bottleneck and maximize the process. So when next you face a challenge or need
to close a round, find the constraint and optimize it; that is STRATEGY, it is
the efficiency that creates solutions.
So
forget about the measure of efficiency you are returning, look for how much
solutions you are providing.
Nugget:
Identify the eye of the needle, and then you can hit the bull's eye
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