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SIMPLIFY UNNECESSARY COMPLEXITY

Complexity can exist within organizations, teams and in one’s personal life. A product can be too complex to operate or a brand too difficult to get our heads around to understand its unique selling point. However it shows up, unnecessary complexity makes it hard to get things done at an individual, group or institutional level. It comes about as a result of a difference between what is needed and the process or processes that support the need. In times of frequent change, such gaps arise all the time. Left unchecked, they can undermine results or bring things to a halt. However, once identified, superfluous complexity that has outlived its purpose can easily be eliminated. On a personal level, unnecessary complexity ...

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