So true. De-cluttering makes so much sense from a business perspective. Reducing inventory makes space for other necessities or space that does not need to be leased. It also reduces cost taken for stock take, reduces the possibility for damaged stock and the list can go on. The beauty of this is the bottom line increases without any cost cutting measures being implemented…

My biggest take away from the Innovation Coaching you did with Compassion earlier this year is simply that – “Sometimes the most innovative thing to do is nothing.”

And I totally agree that it is often the bosses big ideas and additional plans, without taking things off the to do list, that can break a team – I’ve seen it way too often.

Imagine the boost to staff morale, and in turn productivity, if management decided to go for a simplier set of goals that included counter cultural priorities like making sure all their staff took adequate holidays, achieved their goals early and stopped to celebrate their successes….