Why Simple Wins

CHAPTER EIGHT Getting Simplification Right

 

 

“Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.”

—Frederic Chopin¹

 

Let’s return to an observation we made at the beginning of this book: although many firms have talked about simplification, and some have embarked on simplification initiatives, very few have succeeded in reaping the full benefits that simplification can offer. Any team or organization can employ the tools presented in chapter 6 and the structural tips presented in chapter 7 to embark on a simplification initiative. But simplification for an organization of any size is also an ongoing process that unfolds organically ...