How do you consider whether you want lots of little improvements or one much bigger change? Is it possible to both simultaneously? Does it depend on the particular phase of growth?
Years ago ROster introduced his formula for continual improvement and many members have shared examples of this thinking in all aspects of the business (and life). The gist? Continual improvement always.
If you are on a good path, small continual improvements are a beautiful thing. But what if the path needs changing?
Lately I've been wondering if a mentality of small continual improvements could obscure, postpone, or block the possibility for big change/improvement?
I think about Sallie's arms race to impossibly spoiled guests and wonder when continual improvement in one direction aren't serving us the way they were once intended?
I think about burnout, margin creep, unfair regulation, increased competitors...etc. Could improvement eventually mean switching lanes or getting off the highway?
Making small steps every day feels much safer than stepping blindly into some great unknown...are there times when small continual improvement is like a mini addiction that helps us avoid the truth?
In my experience for big growth leaps to happen (read: transformations) we need to distance ourselves from the old mindset (it needs to die) so that we can construct a big new one. And eventually make that decision that triggers the small improvement cycle all over again.
How do you think about small continual improvements versus bigger, more drastic changes to your business?
Years ago ROster introduced his formula for continual improvement and many members have shared examples of this thinking in all aspects of the business (and life). The gist? Continual improvement always.
If you are on a good path, small continual improvements are a beautiful thing. But what if the path needs changing?
Lately I've been wondering if a mentality of small continual improvements could obscure, postpone, or block the possibility for big change/improvement?
I think about Sallie's arms race to impossibly spoiled guests and wonder when continual improvement in one direction aren't serving us the way they were once intended?
I think about burnout, margin creep, unfair regulation, increased competitors...etc. Could improvement eventually mean switching lanes or getting off the highway?
Making small steps every day feels much safer than stepping blindly into some great unknown...are there times when small continual improvement is like a mini addiction that helps us avoid the truth?
In my experience for big growth leaps to happen (read: transformations) we need to distance ourselves from the old mindset (it needs to die) so that we can construct a big new one. And eventually make that decision that triggers the small improvement cycle all over again.
How do you think about small continual improvements versus bigger, more drastic changes to your business?