- Let’s stop all that work. A “simple way of thinking” that captures the essence of the 1%.
- Amazon
- Kazutoshi Ono (Author)
Shoei Iriyama (Professor, Waseda Business School, Waseda University) “I agree with everything! It’s the definitive summary of the ‘five mindsets’ for business value creation.” Ken Suzuki (Founder and CEO, Smart News) “This is not a workbook. It’s a gem of practical knowledge that proves the rules of the game can be changed.”
ysk_motoyama “Does this make sense?” This is a book that will help you get rid of all the shitty work that you think “What’s the point of this?
- Don’t fill in the valleys, make mountains.
- Valley = shortcomings and weaknesses” are experiences and values that other companies have already demonstrated to the world.
- Don’t take up too much of my time here.
- Just concentrate on the “mountain=strengths and uniqueness.”
- (1) No one has done it yet,
- (2) Incorporate the essence of successful examples from other industries and other countries
- (iii) Spot the gap.
- Focus on three of the following
- This is the place for “Starting a business is filling a hole. 」との対立がある
- Valley = shortcomings and weaknesses” are experiences and values that other companies have already demonstrated to the world.
- The Fallout of a “Hammer and Nail” World
- Absolutely not, “I’m starting a project because there’s a technology I want to use.”
- When you hold a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
- Before jumping on the new technology bandwagon
- (i) How will the technology help solve the problem?
- (2) Can’t we achieve this in other ways?
- (iii) Have you used the technology?
- It is important to think through the three
- Absolutely not, “I’m starting a project because there’s a technology I want to use.”
- When you hold a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
- Make a headway with the “Last Man Strategy”.
- Last Man = Specialist of Last Resort
- I’m Drucker-derived.The highest priority for personal growth is the pursuit of excellence 」と言ってるやつだな
- I’m Drucker-derived.The highest priority for personal growth is the pursuit of excellence 」と言ってるやつだな
- First, aim to be the last man on your own team, then aim to be the last man in your company, then aim to be the last man in your industry.
- When you can’t be the last man standing, it’s OK to pivot to another area.
- Last Man = Specialist of Last Resort
- Create your “To Stop List” now!
- (1) When starting something new
- (2) When you are too busy to run your business
- (iii) When inefficient work is increasing
- Make a “To Stop List” with three timings for
- (1) Regular meetings
- (2) Operations taken over
- Data tabulation and preparation of documents
- (iv) Low utilization of in-house services.
- (5) Operations that are overly cautious over and over to prevent accident recurrence
- Five of the five are “To Stop” opportunities
- The workplace is a “menagerie.”
- The Beastly Garden = a team full of diversity and outstanding talent.
- It is important to have a deep understanding of what the other person is saying.
- The way to cure the “I’ll do it faster disease” is
- (1) It’s faster if I praise you.
- (2) It’s faster if I teach you.
- (iii) It’s faster if I set an example.
- Three of the following
- Related: Faster disease to do it yourself….
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