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As Work Gets More Complex, 6 Rules to Simplify | Yves Morieux | TED

Yves Morieux · TED · Video · Organizational Development

Why do so many people feel disengaged at work? Yves Morieux of Boston Consulting Group argues that organizations have grown dizzyingly complex, and that adding more rules, metrics, and layers of coordination only leaves individual employees to navigate a maze of interdependencies on their own. In this energetic talk, he offers six rules for “smart simplicity” that help people cooperate and solve problems together, starting with understanding what your colleagues actually do. The talk runs about 12 minutes.


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