Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Evaluating Change

When you are considering changing the way you operate your business apply the same critical assessment of the change you are considering to the status quo and you should quickly conclude that change is the correct course.

Incomplete improvements to the current process are always better than no improvement at all. Achieving all possible improvements is perfection and this is not possible.

Overcome the fear of change by lowering your expectation of perfection. I believe expectation of perfection is a natural human psychological barrier we put up to avoid change and stepping into what we perceive to be the unknown.

I experience this resistance from most of the clients and companies I work with when they are considering adding analytics to core operational processes. It is quite simple and true that better information leads to better decisions ... period.

Perfection does not exist so move on and step into change ... you can experience incredible business results in as little as a few weeks. Your willingness to change is the only barrier.