de Bono's Simplicity
Introduction
Streamline / Satisfaction / Savings - ‘Move from complex to simple’
There are few things more annoying and frustrating in work than dealing with a piece of complex machinery or a cumbersome process which will not do what you need to be done. From complexity comes stress, anxiety and frustration – even rage - followed by apathy and exit. Simplicity tackles issues like this head on and allows you to ‘use the minimum to deliver value’.
Workshop Overview
Simplicity is the latest workshop created by Dr. Edward de Bono for companies looking to uncomplicate their business processes and thus, their lives.
If your organisation needs to streamline products and processes to become effective, efficient and user-friendly, Simplicity will help you accomplish these goals. Simplicity teaches people to:
- end habits that are no longer necessary
- stop duplication of tasks
- challenge every aspect of business - to perform at a higher level in all areas.
Workshop Benefits
With de Bono's Simplicity, you will save time, energy and needless stress - amongst your customers, vendors, and employees. From this, you can also expect:
- increased return on investment
- increased employee satisfaction
- customer satisfaction
- increased innovation.
Workshop Objectives
At the completion of the workshop, participants will be able to apply the Simplicity tools in their organisation. Time will be saved, energy minimised and stress reduced - ‘use the minimum to deliver value'.
The workshop will also teach you how to avoid the dangers of changing a process, or re-designing a new process. Associated dangers might include:
- disruption and distractions that interfere with the smooth running of the existing operations
- confusion
- the need for resource and time allocation
Workshop Outline
Simplicity is an instructor-led training event with on-going follow-up plans. You will learn how to activate creative techniques like ‘shedding', ‘reframing', ‘bulk-and-exceptions', and ‘historical review' to shift group thinking to a ‘challenge' mode. moving from complex to simple is the name of the game. By applying the techniques from Simplicity, you will add value to your organistation. Simplicity is not merely about cost cutting, but as much about adding value by reducing complexity.
Key areas within the simplicity process include:
- targeting an an area
- defining the objectives
- what are we trying to achieve
- what is the value of the package
- what is the concept
- applying processes
- replacement
- restructuring
- taking a very broad or narrow view
- assessing the changes
- will our ideas work
- do they make things simpler
- do they deliver all the values
- will the changes be accepted
- implementation
- who?
- what?
- by when?
Who should attend?
The workshop is designed for all business people wishing to streamline products and processes to improve effectiveness, efficiencies and usability. Delegates will learn how to get rid of habits and stop duplication. It is particularly beneficial to the following groups:
- technical and non-technical managers
- those who value simplicity
- those who make an effort to see simplicity
You might also be interested in:
- de Bono's Lateral Thinking™ - Two Day Full Course
- de Bono’s - Six Thinking Hats®
- de Bono's Power of Perception (formely DATT)™
- de Bono's Focus on Facilitation™
- TRAINER ACCREDITATION: Lateral Thinking™
- TRAINER ACCREDITATION: Six Thinking Hats®
- de Bono's Six Value Medals™
