Bill Jensen's Views about Simplicity
in the Workplace
Bill Jensen's book, "Simplicity: The New Competitive Advantage
in a World of More, Better, Faster" is noted as "an outline for the future
of leadership." His slogan is "Creating Simpler Ways
to Get Stuff Done." For an explanation of this approach, see
Bill Jenson's website.
Here's an overview:
When More-Better-Faster Meets Enough Is Enough... Simplicity
is power... Power to succeed by doing more of what is important and less
of what isn't... Simplicity is a revolution that changes how we use people's
time and attention... Simplicity means changing many of today's rules about
how work gets done.
THE SIMPLE SEVEN
1. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
2. OUR TIME IS AS PRECIOUS AND
IMPORTANT AS BUSINESS RESULTS.
3. IT’S TIME FOR COMMON SENSE.
4. SIMPLER COMPANIES ARE USER CENTERED.
5. SIMPLICITY TAKES TRUST, COMMUNITY,
AND COMMON PURPOSE TO NEW HEIGHTS.
6. SIMPLICITY STARTS WITH YOU.
7. SIMPLICITY STARTS WITH ME.
I accept personal accountability:
• Regardless of what my organization
does/does not do, I can do more to create less clutter and help others make
sense of it faster.
• I’m accountable for listening, probing and understanding what would help those
around me to work smarter.
• I’m accountable for using other people’s time and attention wisely.
• I’m accountable for better meaning-making and sense-making.
• I’m accountable for sharing ideas in a human voice.
• I’m accountable for taking a stand. . .
And
having fun. . .
Every
day. . .