do you
really
need a
process
at work?
A primer by
Mansoor
Adenwala

Before we start…
What is a
process, really?

a set of
documents?

series of checklists?

binders sitting on a shelf?

or something to keep you in line?

Can life be better off without one?
Let’s see....

What would
you do if you
didn’t have a
process…

be
creative?

be free to do
what you want at
work?

apply new idea's to each problem?

then ask yourself this first…

Can you reinvent the wheel every
time there’s a problem?

Over time,
you end up
applying the
same
solutions
to the same
set of
problems
occurring at
work

more
and the same problems crop up often
than different problems

handling the same problems again as
new ones uselessly drains your resources...

ends up stifling creativity, instead of nurturing it

process helps
this is where a

a process is a handy solution to tackling the same
set of problems you've been encountering
on a day to day basis

It documents a roadmap to (a) effectively handle a problem (b)
and implement the required solution

brings together all the knowledge your firm has
accumulated over the years, in a concise referable form
on making improvements and preventing past
mistakes, in short, making your job easier

answers
(a) what
to do,
(b) how to
do it,
(c) who
does it and
(d) who
needs to be
told about
it

easier
makes it for
new people to get up
to speed quickly!

you with more
and leaves
time to tackle the really
difficult and hard
problems creatively!

Caveat:
Only
works if
the
process
is
YOURS!

your problems are only similar to
others, not the same!

Pictured: Chinese IPod Knockoff (Left) & Original IPod Nano (Right)
so why copy their solution?

when you
can make
yours
better!
try it,
it’s easier than
you think
Pictured: The new Sony Walkman Series music player (top)
and the Microsoft’s Zune Media Player (Right)

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