At first glance, you might not agree with the fundamental principle that everything as limits. Think about something, within the system of human effectiveness, that you think is limitless. Now, think of reasons you might be wrong?
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.
Elbert Einstein
Based on the fundamental principle that everything has limits, we can logically reach the following conclusions:
If everything has limits,
then every thing ends up having limits,
for example,
people can only focus on a small number of things at a time (ideally only one thing) because the brain has a limited amount of energy to spend on giving that focus.
Furthermore, focus leads to purpose, vision, commitment, and prioritisation – all valuable items in a model of human effectiveness.
Because one person can only focus on one thing, delegation is sometimes needed to give attention to more things – because more than one thing must be achieved at a time!
Renewal (continuous improvement) is needed because things are finite.
When something is renewed, it is new and no longer the old thing.
This supports the well-known golden goose analogy leading to the production-production capacity balance, which so many people ignore at their peril.
Taking this chain of thought further one reaches the conclusion that “treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers” is a worthwhile truism.
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