CHAPTER SEVEN Become the Chief Simplification Officer
“The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.”
—Hans Hofmann1
We’ve established that simplicity is good for businesses generally, but is it also good for individual leaders? The answer appears to be a resounding “yes.” Several years ago, Steve Strelsin, an experienced CEO who also helped found the online law service Axiom, performed a research project studying CEOs in collaboration with Harvard Business School. Strelsin compiled a sample set of executives from various industries and asked them questions about the way they approached their leadership role. Then he mapped their answers against their records of achievement.
What he ...
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