Process
Matters
NOTE: This post is from one of our frequent contributors to this blog, "Birdseye59604.
Changes are often difficult to accept and to put in effort to make
it work. When new things are introduced there are often skepticism and
opposition. At times these arguments make
conflicts within an organization. It might be tempting not to make changes just
to keep peace in the valley. Personnel who don't like changes make their own
changes by making hurtles to stop the new process. That's in itself is a change
and an ineffective process.
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| Process Matters – Get the material first and then build |
The process matters to everyone, for or against. It
matters to the ones who want a change in the process and it matters to those
who opposes. If processes didn't matter there would be no need to plan, do act
and check. Processes are how we do things. Most of us have a process of how to
get dressed in the morning. Some of the steps may not be in the same order each
day, while there are other steps that must conform to a required process. Socks
must come on before the shoes.
"The process matters to everyone"
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Process Matters – Get the tracks first then move the
freight.
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In an organization with flexible processes personnel
adapt easier to changes. These are not variable processes, just flexible, and
allowing resilience. Knowledge of how to improve a process is at the level of
competence. Inputs for process changes (which is a process in itself) have
better rate of success if all levels of competence in an organization is
included. When including suggestions and addressing objections during the
planning phase changes do not become strange competition to comfort, but just
changes to the processes.
Processes matters to all. It matters to those who say it doesn't
(or they wouldn't have objected) and it matters to those who embrace process changes.
BirdsEye59604
