Excerpts from a Son-Father Chat

Automation solidifies Processes...to help People and to provide value to People. That's why automation exists; that's why automation has 'gone exponential'.

Automation removes People's excuses. At least, you'd think that would be the case. On the other hand, to some degree the excuses just change in form. [It is even easier to blame inanimate things than it is to blame other people.]

Regardless, automation is the wave of present change and it will be the wave of future change...because...automation provides value to People.

That's why Robots have become so popular. Robots do tasks. Robots do processes, step-by-step, moving in a straight line. Unlike People, Robots are linear 'doers'. Robots have a task and they do that task. No excuses. No confusion. Simply doing what they have been instructed to do. In addition, in comparison to People, Robots do tasks quicker and more accurately.

Delivering value. Quicker. More accurate. No excuses.

Considering these advantages, it's no wonder Robots have gained such a foothold. 

And, considering these advantages, no doubt Robots will continue to take over the workload, replacing People at work.

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Now, People still hold some advantages over Robots.

Don't you agree?

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PS:

Son - Software Engineer

Father - Mechanical Engineer

Family Business - Helping business leaders solve People & Process problems.

When we lay enough layers of rules on people we can grind them to a halt. That's not a good thing in business. In business, we want people to be able to make decisions and learn from their successes and their mistakes. And, in general, success is not defined in terms of a person's ability to follow rules. Similarly, mistakes should not be defined as a person's inability to follow rules.

Rules do not exist to determine success and failure. Rather, rules are there to confine and control actions. Rules guide HOW we go about doing our work. In that way, rules guide Actions.

Sometimes, when business rules are broken it leads to problems or even failure…that’s the raison d'être behind rules. However, on other occasions broken rules lead to success. This happens more frequently when rules are overly confining and rules throttle creativity, innovation, or change in general.

When rules are overly confining they can be broken from time to time. Perhaps, overly-confining rules must be broken from time to time if positive change is to occur.

We need to keep that in mind as we establish and administer rules in business.

On the other hand, the breaking of “Master Rules”, as Spirited Leaders define them, never brings about positive change. When Master Rules are broken Values are violated, relationships are soured, and trust is shattered.

So, rules are made to be broken.

And, Master Rules are not!