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About not-Routine work

by Rick Baker
On Jan 9, 2013

I have written numerous articles and given many presentations covering Process, in general. The way I look at it, businesses need to cover routine work with highly-reliable Processes. These processes do not have to be complicated. In fact, when building Processes for routine work you should Seek Simple.

When routine work is done under good Process there is less time spent fixing problems. The freed-up time can be used to do higher-value work...specialized work  - what I call not-Routine Work©.

Not-Routine work is where value gets added and money gets earned. 

One key to business success is freeing up as much time as possible for not-Routine Work©. 

It takes up-front time to do this…defining and setting up process templates for Routine work, etc. The up-front time should be viewed as an investment in a smoother-operating and more-profitable future. Once the processes for routine work are clarified, defined, and set up they deliver repeated value, over and over again…with much less stress and strain over avoidable and repeated problems.

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1-Page Tools | Business Contains Only 3 Things | Seeking Simple!

@GKWCC #P2P: CEOs see polarization - people offering too-low, unprofitable pricing...this is not good & not sustainable!

by Rick Baker
On Jan 9, 2013

The @GKWCC #P2P series of thought tweets contains ideas, quotes, & suggestions provided by local business leaders at "CEO Peer-to-Peer" group meetings, sponsored by the Greater Kitchener Waterloo Chamber of Commerce.

The goals of the thought tweets: to help local business leaders and to promote the sharing of business thoughts.

The thoughts expressed are not opinions of the Greater Kitchener Waterloo Chamber of Commerce...they are opinions of local business leaders who are Chamber members and participate in the Chamber's CEO P2P program.

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Greater KW Chamber - CEO P2P Groups | Leaders' Thoughts | Marketing

Thought Tweet #648

by Rick Baker
On Jan 9, 2013

Thought Tweet #648 Talent without discipline is a hobby-in-waiting.

 

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

Malcolm Gladwell [in his book, 'Outliers'] taught us, regardless of Talent, people need to spend at least 10,000 hours to become performing masters. I think - if you are not paid to be a performing master then you are performing a hobby [not work]. I think - if you lack discipline then you won't even be good at hobbying. And, I think - if you are not good at stuff then you do not enjoy it...and that's not a good way to spend your time.

 

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STRENGTHS: People-Focused for Success | Thought Tweets

@GKWCC #P2P Thought Post

by Rick Baker
On Jan 9, 2013

From this week's #CEO-P2P: we see polarization; people offering too-low, unprofitable pricing...not good, not sustainable!

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Greater KW Chamber - CEO P2P Groups

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