Systems thinking – Ronaldo will never be a consultant!

Within system consulting we need to be mindful of how we structure our implementation approach. If we can truly scan what is in front of us and structure our approach it is obvious that the emphasis of our approach will change.

Should Ronaldo ever have taken that Penalty for Portugal, would he have blasted it into the bottom left corner, dink chipped the keeper, fired it straight where the keeper was before he dived… who knows? But he probably was weighing up the circumstances, had the keeper dived left yet, what’s the surface like, is there any wind, had anyone done the chip or straight one?

We would always recommend consideration of three factors when structuring improvement. How work is completed, how improvement is measured and how people behave. In a non stable environment we recommend heavy use of system of work, in a formal environment its all about measures and beyond its all about behaviour. But whilst we have leading initiatives we must not forget about the other two, a successful intervention should always balance work with people with improvement

I think Ronaldo would have dink chipped as he is a poser, he will never make a lean consultant!