Sunday, April 19, 2020

The Monthly Digital Principles/Practices Summary: Understanding “Simplicity” as a Digital Principle Apr. 2020

 Simplicity is a behavioral attitude to see things as and what and where they are and be content and cool as it is. 

 A digital workplace is all about people-centricity, empathy, innovation, agility, and high-level business maturity. Digital organizations are always on, inter-dependent and hyper-connected, people are always the most important asset in any organization before, today, and future.

In an ideal digital workplace, the organizational structure is solid enough to keep people or things in order; but fluid enough to keep information and ideas flow.



      Understanding “Simplicity” as a Digital Principle


Simplicity as a Principle People are complex by nature, but to dwell on complexity is to complicate an implicate order that is naturally simple. Getting to simple is not easy for most people because they rather follow the traditions and set rules and regulations in society. They don't bother to remove the dust around them or want to question the unknown, or challenge the status quo, out of fear. So how to address complexity, and what's the advantage to set simplicity as a principle and live with it?

Digital Management Principle: "Less is More" Modern businesses become over-complex every day, they also add to such ecosystem complexity! If we accept it is complex, somewhat unpredictable or not completely predictable, we have to accept uncertainty. Uncertainty comes with complexity. Simplicity vs complexity is an age-old dilemma even in English Grammar! Logically, simplifying the complicated thing is an optimal and smart choice either for running the business or solving a problem. "Less is more." So, what are the principles to follow in pursuit of just-right simplicity?

Design Thinking and Simplicity Simplicity means or is related to too many things such as responsiveness, availability, robustness, manageability, scalability, flexibility, reliability, sensitivity, or comprehensiveness, etc. The forward-thinking organizations understand how things such as design thinking and simplicity, etc, can fundamentally change organizations and their societal impact on things such as strategy, manageability, sustainability, and social responsibility. The art of digital management is not to complicate things but to eliminate unnecessary complications, and leverage design thinking to fine-tune modern organizational structures and functions for reaching the next level of organizational maturity.

How to Apply Simplicity Principle in Change Management Simplicity is a behavioral attitude to see things as and what and where they are and be content and cool as it is. Philosophically, simplicity is the source of complications, and complications are the source of simplicity. Often humans cannot live life with simplicity and keep making it complicated. So does Change Management. Can we make change simpler? A successful change requires three things; dissatisfaction with the current state, clear vision and clear process for getting towards the vision. How to apply the simplicity principle in Change Management?

The Agile “Simplicity Principle” - How to Dig it Through Agile principle -Simplicity-the art of maximizing the amount of work not done” is essential for Agile project success. Simplicity is also a general principle to run the digital business today. Contextually, how do you define and apply it to run projects and businesses more successfully?

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