Recently, I did something I don’t usually do. I scrolled Reddit for posts about TruMethods. Eventually, I stumbled upon a post by FisherMBA2024 that made me laugh.
Here is what they said about TruMethods:
“Watch 20 minutes of YouTube videos; you’ll get most of it.”
While I appreciate this user’s utmost confidence in my ability to simplify complex business issues, I can’t pack decades of experience into a tiny space. I’m not a genie with a magic lamp.
But I have always tried to view any business I’ve been involved with through a simple lens or framework. This approach, which I’ve employed for many years, has helped train my brain to simplify complex issues.
For example, this approach led me to the MSP framework you now know as Picanomics. From my experience, the more complex the business, the more critical it is to simplify things.
If you need help simplifying your business, here’s what you should consider doing. Always step back and try to simplify things when looking at a problem.
Ask yourself these questions:
• What are the key outcomes you’re looking for?
• What are the variables?
• What are the highest-level levers that you can control?
Then, work down one level at a time until you find the intersection of what you can control and influence and the result you want.
Simplifying complex business issues takes practice. The more you do it, the better you’ll get at it. And that’s something watching 20 minutes of YouTube videos can’t help you with.