Happy Sunday!!
Over the last couple of years, I've been seeing businesses shift to a leaner model. And it doesn't seem to slow down now.
I've said this 100 times already and I'll say it 100 more. We truly give ourselves too much work to do. Once you break things down into the process level, you'll see that the work itself is simple.
Time-consuming, yes, but it's only that way in "build" mode. This shouldn't be an everyday reality.
The problem here is that we get so fascinated with the new "shiny objects" that we lose focus on our core process.
I strongly believe that you need to make yourself aware of new technology and see how it will impact your business, but you don't need to do a deep dive into things unless your processes can support it.
Let's look at ChatGPT for example. Everyone was hopping in, myself included, to test it out. I've noticed some people starting to replace some of their roles with AI about a month or so in.
Pause.
I don't want to use this section to break apart AI in business. I've done so already in this article. Now I want to shift to systems.
So I've identified that it's good to keep up to date with new resources and tools. With all of this coming out, why are businesses still struggling?
The simple answer? There isn't a defined process. Systems are just a combination of processes and the resources, tools, SOPs, etc. that support them.
When these aren't identified, when you add new tools to your unidentified processes, you're "organizing" confusion.
With me wanting to sell The Lazy Millennial in the next few years, I decided it was time to refresh my systems and start with the basics.
Since systems are just a combo of processes, my refresh looked like getting back to using my Google Workspace tools until I had a repeated process I followed and added my automation back into the mix.
I've been auditing the tools I currently use to see how I could use them to their full potential before trying to move.
This is also why I created the lean framework guide for those of you on a similar journey.
I challenge you this week to see if you can find one area in business that you can simplify.
Start by looking at the list of tasks you need to complete. Figure out the step-by-step process for each task and see what you can omit or automate.
Let me know how it goes!
