Improving Is Just 'NOT ENUF'

 

YES, we all welcome IMPROVEMENTS.  WHO does NOT want it?  Because any IMPROVEMENT is always a step ahead of things.  BUT oooooooooooops, let those IMPROVEMENTS not become your 'mouse trap' please.  WHY?  Many of us [and that includes moi many times in the past] [wrongly] thought that IMPROVEMENTS is the ultimate achievement we can secure in life.  BUT let's deep-dive as to WHY IMPROVEMENTS may be most welcome BUT it should NEVER be the ultimate goal we should set because beyond IMPROVEMENTS, there is a hell lot more work to do, like it OR not📗📙📘

At the workplace, we have kind of 'institutionalized' IMPROVEMENTS, tagging it as CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTS BUT please DON'T get us wrong here.  We DON'T settle for 'bread crumbs'.  NOT that we are belittling IMPROVEMENTS but per se, IMPROVEMENTS has a GIVEN  and that GIVEN is that the existing 'CORE' remains and instead, what's initiated are all the tweaks and fine-tuning with the end view of IMPROVING things💚💛💜

SO WHERE do we go from WHERE we are right now?  Experts advise us to assess HOW effective are things as it is at the moment.  And from there, define your 'DESIRED OUTCOME' because if you're on Point B after coming from Point A, does it mean, there is NO Point C to explore?  And that includes the probability of totally overhauling things to reach Point C???

Truth is, many IMPROVEMENT efforts we have witnessed in life have, at times, neglected to start with a clear understanding of the desired outcomes and instead focus on more easily observable process metrics.  WHILE focusing on efficiency is NOT a bad thing in and of itself, I'll be the first to argue that a greater emphasis on understanding outcomes is where opportunity arises😊😊😊

Our takeaway:  WHAT has been a recurring narrative many times told, heard and witnessed is that many of us get entranced [over and over again] by that cycle of IMPROVEMENTS.  Given that the rat race we are in, is getting tightening, frankly, IMPROVEMENTS are stop-gap measures BUT we should never end with it.  That's condoning mediocrity, to be frank.  So, dude, think about it, can we think OUT-OF-THE-BOX?  Can we reengineer a process even if it's working fine now but rooms for IMPROVEMENT should egg us to go for the juggernaut because IMPROVING IS JUST 'NOT ENUF' dude!!!