de Bono's Simplicity

Who is it for?

Anyone needing to streamline products and processes to improve effectiveness, efficiencies and usability. It is particularly beneficial to the following groups:

• Technical and non-technical managers.
• Those who value, or make an effort to see simplicity.

What's it all about?

If your organisation needs to streamline products and processes to become more effective, efficient, and user-friendly, Simplicity will help you achieve these goals.

This is an instructor-led training event with ongoing follow-up plans in place. You will learn how to activate creative techniques and shift group thinking, like:

• Shedding.
• Reframing.
• Bulk-and-exceptions.
• Historical review.
• Challenge mode.

Upon completing the workshop, you will be able to apply the tools in your organisation. Time will be saved, energy minimised and stress reduced.

Simplicity does not teach crazytivity - also known as change for change's sake. With Simplicity, the key question remains: is this really simpler or does it just appear to be simpler?

The workshop will also teach you how to avoid the dangers of changing or redesigning a process. Associated dangers might include:

• Disruption and distractions that interfere with the smooth running of the existing operations.
• Confusion.
• The need for resource and time allocation.

What will you get out of it?

There are few things more annoying and frustrating at work than dealing with a complex piece of machinery or a cumbersome process that will not do what you need it to do. From complexity comes stress, anxiety and frustration - even rage - followed by apathy and exit. Simplicity™ tackles issues like this head-on, allowing you to deliver value with the minimum. You will save time, energy, and unnecessary stress among your customers, vendors, and employees.

What will your organisation get out of it?

Simplicity, based on the work of Dr. Edward de Bono, is for organisations looking to simplify their business processes and, consequently, their lives.

As well as positive employees with more time and energy, organisations can expect increased:

• Efficiency and value from deconstructing and then improving current processes.
• Return on investment.
• Customer and employee satisfaction.
• Innovation.

The workshop also examines the dangers and disruptions of changing a process for the sake of change.

Typical workshop content

Moving from complex to simple is the name of the game. By applying the techniques, you will add value to your organisation. Simplicity is not merely about cost-cutting, but as much about adding value by reducing complexity.

Key areas within the simplicity process include:

Targeting an area.

Defining the objectives:

• What are we trying to achieve?
• What is the value of the package?
• What is the concept?

Applying processes:

• Replacement,
• Restructuring,
• Taking a very broad or narrow view.

Assessing the changes:

• Will our ideas work?
• Do they make things simpler?
• Do they deliver all the values?
• Will the changes be accepted?

Implementation:

• Who?
• What?
• By when?