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A man has just graduated from his college, with an outstanding academic record. But when he has finally joined a company, he doesn’t understand what is expected from him and how he has to use all his knowledge to finish his upcoming jobs. “Everything I learn is only theory, none describes the real world.” This situation is quiet familiar, right?
Strategy designing is essential to direct us to our purpose. A good strategy doesn’t need a lot of sophisticated words or colorful pages. A good strategy need to be understandable. A good strategy has to be able to conduct, even though the real world” is changing. A good strategy needs a “destination” (purpose) and a main “road”, with enough space for flexibility. The question is how.
Let’s imagine how an architect builds a house or a building. A great architect is not only set his mind to be “outside the box”, but he has to have a strong imagination. An architect has to know what the building is built for, how many people will do their activities there, will there be an increase of activities in the future, what facilities they will need, etc. Imagination is important because the design he will made is not only to fulfill today’s needs, but more importantly, for the future.
Quality was hard to describe beforeEdwards Demingtalked about it. The power of Edwards Deming is that he could visualize, he drew, and finally found what quality control is and how to develop it. With a clear visualization, we will be moved to the next level of achievement. Imperfect design can cause a bunch of problems. If we don’t realize that the problem is in design, we can not think there are so many improvements we can make.
Jane Fulton Surisaid, ”Directly witnessing and experiencing aspects of behavior in the real world is a proven way of inspiring and informing new ideas.” When a decision was made, we often made it without a strong feel to what happen after. Before a decision is made, a deep observation should be done. We can no longer observe by just reading books. We need to step into the activities, experience the jobs and see the problems. Everyone needs to push himself to be a sharp observer, to see what others can not see. And it is not only by eyes, but by all senses and thoughts.
