Throughout my career I’ve seen teams throw themselves at tough problems across a range of industries.
One of the hardest—and most valuable—activities is taking something complex and making it simple and easy to understand.
A good rule of thumb is “If we can’t understand it, no one else will”.
It applies to creating presentations for company leaders, the products and services we want to bring to market, or the plans we want our colleagues to buy in to.
Many people skip the “let’s make this simpler” step because it’s hard, because it takes a long time, and because it isn’t straight forward. But the investment almost always pays itself back with interest.