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Awesomely Simple: Essential Business Strategies for Turning Ideas Into Action
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Awesomely Simple: Essential Business Strategies for Turning Ideas Into Action

by John Spence
September 2009
Beginner content levelBeginner
208 pages
3h 53m
English
Jossey-Bass
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4.8. SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS

  • Speed = success. You must create a culture of urgency.

  • Clear direction + strong information flow + fast decision making = an agile organization.

  • You can't make fast decisions if you don't know where you're going.

  • D = IO/Op. Decisions equal intended outcome over number of options.

  • A major part of strategy is figuring out what to say no to.

  • If speed = success, then bureaucracy = failure.

  • Be ruthless in eliminating any process, rule, system, procedure, or meeting that does not add real value in helping your people be more effective, efficient, and quick in doing their work in serving customers.

  • Topple the pyramid: destroy unnecessary levels of hierarchy.

  • Use four-level decision making to empower your people to make fast decisions. ...

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