299: Why Simplifying Is Hard (And How To Approach It)

Operational simplification is a goal for many businesses. But simplification projects are not necessarily simple by themselves. There can be big implications and it’s easy for the customer of the change to reject the new initiative altogether. Join Oliver Banks and discover the challenges of simplifying an operating model as well as five techniques to help you drive simplified operating models. This episode resurfaces the content from episode 105: Simplifying Retail Operating Models.

Listen to this episode and discover:

• Why simplification is a valid form of transformation.
• The common challenges facing simplification programmes.
• And five approaches to drive your simplification forward.

Simplifying your business with OB&Co

Oliver and OB&Co help retailers accelerate their transformation initiatives whilst successfully navigating disruption. Discover how, together, we can simplify your operating model and drive your retail transformation forward.

Connect with and message Oliver Banks on LinkedIn or by email at oliver.banks@obandco.uk.

Additional episodes of the Retail Transformation Show to listen to

Lean Six Sigma can be easily deployed to support your simplification efforts. But this methodology is often confused and underestimated. So check out episode 242: Reinvigorating Lean Six Sigma In Retail and consider how you can take these principles and deploy them into your business.

Listen to episode 260: Unlocking Retail Simplification to learn more about this, as well as discover the concept that “variation is the enemy of simplification.”

And finally, discover more about operating models in episode 142: The Modern Retail Operating Model. In particular, discover why this topic is often surrounded by confusing terminology. You’ll also learn the 8 elements to build into your modern operating model.