When you sit and look at the list of improvement projects you have created, it can sometimes feel overwhelming.
About the author:
Giles Johnston is a Chartered Engineer who specialises in helping businesses to grow and improve through better business processes and embracing Kaizen.
Giles is also the author of Effective Root Cause Analysis and 'What Does Good Look Like?'.
If you aren't making progress this feeling increases. If you start to think about your normal day job as well... yes, let's not think about that for the moment.
The truth is that results are the only thing that count.
Having a long list doesn't count.
Making a start on a project doesn't count.
Getting near the end doesn't count.
Achieving the results, the benefits, is what we need to experience.
Our day to day lives are full of busy-ness, that's for sure.
So, here is a simple approach to help you move away from paralysis, a results desert and being lost:
Do less.
Go back to one project and see if you can get traction.
If that doesn't help, go back to one task and keep that as your focus.
Narrowing your focus doesn't mean that it will take forever to improve and realise results. It means that you will nail one improvement at a time and then gain momentum.
If you try this and still feel stuck, then try my free course on my sister website to get some more ideas:
Doing less is a really powerful strategy and one that feels wrong when there is so much to do. But, it works!
As I said earlier, results are the only thing that matters so why not give it a go?
Giles
About the author:
Giles Johnston is a Chartered Engineer who specialises in helping businesses to grow and improve through better business processes and embracing Kaizen.
Giles is also the author of Effective Root Cause Analysis and 'What Does Good Look Like?'.