Category Archives: Business Principles

(This is Part 4 in a five part series.)

Centrally Manage Complexity

“If those [little problems] spread out like a virus and live in everybody’s [practices],
it’s a much bigger maintenance problem down the road.
If we can aggregate as many of those problems in one place, we’re better off.”
- Nate Koechley

Now this principle is all about minimizing work by bringing like things together. If your to-do lists are scattered about in different locations, it is rather difficult to sort out your priorities among all of them.

(This is Part 3 in a five part series.)

Solve Recurring Problems

“We wanted to take the time to solve some recurring problems once and for all.”

- Nate Koechley

What happens in your business on a regular basis? Good, bad or indifferent? Just noticing what recurs is valuable. Walk yourself through a typical day, then week, then month. If you find yourself saying, “there is no typical,” I challenge you to look closer. What happens every morning? Maybe it starts with a cup of coffee and then one of three things occur, but there you have it, a pattern.

(This is Part 2 in a five part series.)

Normalize Differences

“normalization (also spelled normalisation) is any process that makes something more normal,
which typically means conforming to some regularity or rule, or returning from some state of abnormality.”
– Wikipedia

In business, normalization leads to systems and sometimes to automation. Normalization also helps you sort out differences and look for a match. Normalization helps you define a strong match.

(This is Part 1 in a five part series.)

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