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Simplifying workflows: Cutting complexity for efficiency
From the course: Rapid Problem Solving and Fast Innovation
Simplifying workflows: Cutting complexity for efficiency
You're probably overcomplicating it. I'm sorry. We often confuse length or complexity with quality, and this can come from client expectations. Turn up with a five-slide deck instead of a 100-slide deck, it feels like you've underdelivered, no matter the quality of those five slides. That even goes back to school. You'd have minimum word counts for essays to be considered a quality piece of work. But when you need to ship something and get an idea tested and delivered, complexity and length are actually your enemies. Now many of the following principles come direct from the teams at aeronautics and space industry startups. When you need to put a rocket into space, there's no space for fluff. So here are the four golden rules that you can apply for putting humans into orbit or getting your latest marketing campaign launched successfully. Firstly, critique your requirements. Like we discussed before, around solving the right problem, it's essential to acknowledge your initial…