What’s your problem anyway?

So often, we look for solutions, but don't even know what the problem is.What solution do you want to implement? What are you working on to change?

Last week I talked about the end of the paper trail as we know it. I talked a bit about making changes in your office to stop using so much paper. Changing for the sake of changing isn't necessarily the right thing to do. We really need to look at what we are trying to accomplish before we make any changes. The only way that we can really know what to change is to figure out what we are doing right now. We need to analyze our current processes and then find ways to improve.

Figure out the problem, consider solutions to those problems and only make changes if the solution improves your problem. If we can't improve, then we shouldn't make a change.