As a tactical ancillary to the book Why Simple Wins, this toolkit is designed with 13 tools to enable leaders and teams to move beyond the cycle of busywork and toward a culture where valuable, essential work is the norm. By learning how to eliminate redundancies, communicate with clarity, and make simplification a habit, we can recognize which activities are time-sucks and which create lasting value. Eliminating low-value work translates into individuals who feel less overwhelmed, more empowered, and able to spend each day doing things that matter.
The Why Simple Wins Toolkit includes the following 13 tools, techniques, and tips to help you do more valuable work every day:
Leadership Complexity Quiz
Complexity Diagnostic
Simplicity Vision Statement
Leadership Task Log
50 Questions for Simplifying
Simplification Worksheet
Killing Complexity
Kill a Stupid Rule
Simplification Tactics
Simplification Metrics
Simplification Code of Conduct
Interview Questions for Hiring Simplifiers
Simplification Resources
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Lisa Bodell believes in the power of simplification. She is the founder and CEO of futurethink, a company that uses simple techniques to help organizations embrace change and increase their capability for innovation. Bodell has transformed teams within organizations like Google, Novartis, Accenture, HBO, and more. She brings her compelling message to over 100,000 people a year, showing them how to eliminate mundane and unnecessary tasks from their everyday routine so that they have more time for work that matters. Drawing on her practical Midwestern upbringing and entrepreneurial background, she has used the power of simplification to launch three successful businesses, write two books (Kill the Company and Why Simple Wins), travel to over 40 countries and 48 states, and sit on boards such as Novartis' Diversity and Inclusion Board and the Global Advisory Council for the World Economic Forum.
