Our CEO Alex Bombeck recently discussed the challenges of 2023—from supply chain issues and a looming recession to AI disruption—with The CEO Magazine. He spoke about the importance of flexing with these issues and outlined various steps that leaders can adopt to better position themselves, including solving with simplicity:
“As leaders, we often overlook simplicity and instead overcomplicate our problems. This doesn’t come from a bad place; intelligent people think in complex ways and like to understand every nuance of an issue. But the reality is that even seemingly complex problems can have simple solutions.
Moreover, your problem is likely not unique to you. Others have almost certainly encountered it, or something like it, before. Start with the assumption that your problem has been experienced and solved before and seek out people who can help. The answer to most problems is already there, or at least a stone’s throw away. You may be surprised how simple the solution was in retrospect, especially if you seek out those who have already found it.”
Alex has three other tips to becoming an organization that’s “built for change”—rather than one that suffers it.