Let's face it, we all have more than one thing staring us in the face. However, there is usually that one big thing that if you can overcome that barrier - Wow!
The Dutch have a saying about "getting all of the noses in the same direction". Where are the noses of your team? Focused on their own set of issues? Pointing at opposite directions...which means they are not talking together or seeing the same pictures of success?
Focused work gets your team back to basics with some serious face time.
Sometimes it is just time, space, your leadership and a great facilitator.
We have been doing this for years. We help you to organize the week, bring the players together, facilitate progress and assignments and help take much of the work off of you so that you too can participate fully in the process.
Imagine a team coming together for one thing. Prepared before hand with agendas, assignments, pre-work completed. Imagine the speed that could happen with minimal distractions.
Organization redesigns take time. Most of the time, they take too much time.
Sometimes one Factory Week will do the trick. Sometimes it takes a few. Either way, focused work with the right people and dedicated time with deadlines moves organization design along fast.
Do you know what happens in the world of Big Data, Six Sigma, and information overload? Problem solving becomes very complicated. Made even more complicated by overly complex tools misapplied to basic problems.
Sometimes you need to work swiftly but in a focused manner with facilitators who can bring a vast tool set to the situation.