The Application of Logic

What is your “Why”? Not just the in terms of the end game, but the reasons why you do what you do in the manner you do it. What is the logic behind your goals, and the methodology behind your execution plan?

In the business world or in the project environment logic becomes lost. Much of what we do is because “it’s always been done that way”. How often do we assess our “why”? How often do we realign the compass and the paths we take to accommodate new knowledge, new people, new skills, new resources, or new technology?

Markets are like a marching army, and the times we in are more dynamic and fluid than ever before, changing on an almost daily basis. Businesses and the individuals within them need to constantly redefine their “why” alongside their “who” - what they do and what they stand for, as well as the manner in which they go about their work, for this says so much about who they are as both a people and as a corporation.  

Logic often becomes lost or hidden in the daily grind. Asking yourself “Why?” opens up your thinking to the concept of logic, which may have become covered in dust as a business keeps busy with the day to day. Asking questions like

“why do we….”

and

“is this still the case?”

and

“is this really the way it is, or the way we think it is?”

Or simply

“perhaps this is the way it once was?”

can start you on a track of revisiting the logic behind your actions. This then leads to better outcomes, greater efficiency, and increased employer and stakeholder satisfaction.

Businesses often spend more time “doing” rather than “thinking”. They cut wood without correctly measuring, assessing, or planning, and seldom do they stop to review progress against the plan, let alone reviewing the plan itself. Rarely do they take stock of their resources, or “change tools” for ones that may cut faster, cleaner and more accurately.

Businesses and the key individuals within them should pause regularly to assess what is still valid and what is best for the desired outcome. They must then validate their new thinking, or at least validate whether the old thinking is still appropriate. Should change then be necessary, understanding and buy-in by the stakeholders is far easier because there is logic behind the change.

We have often found that our clients benefit from taking time out of their “day job” to reassess their business or their project or even their individual daily practices, processes and procedures. Through facilitating open thinking, robust discussion, and review from a distance without baggage or bias, we have helped many to find new logic in their enterprise, project or activities.

Logic changes regularly and needs review constantly. New information intercepts and changes the shape of what we know and understand. This new shape needs to be assessed against logic and shared throughout the organisation so that everyone can share the same view of the direction and methodology.

Without the application of logic, a business and the individuals in it will always perform below the optimum efficiency and potential.