Less is More
How Constraints
Cultivate Growth
Shay Howe
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How Do We…
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Make decisions
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Improve experiences
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Increase productivity
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Work together
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Grow and learn
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Decision
Making
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Don’t waste
resources on growth
that doesn’t serve a
purpose.
– Influential Park Ranger (Not a Tree Cop)
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Use Fewer
Resources
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Constraints shape and
focus problems, and
provide clear challenges
to overcome…
– Marissa Mayer
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Use Fewer Resources
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Start early
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Set initial conditions
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Reduce the number of decisions
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Improve
Experience
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Create
Regulations
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Create Regulations
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Organize and simplify
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Set rules
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Follow a pattern
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Increase
Productivity
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Remove
Distractions
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Remove Distractions
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Stick to your commitments
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Break down task
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Reward yourself
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Work
Together
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Self-Organize
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5 Roles
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Explain
Explains what they decide
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Consult
Consults before making the
decision
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Agree
Agrees with others on a decision
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Advise
Advises on a decision
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Inquire
Inquires on a decision
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Alone we are
smart, together
we are brilliant.
– Steven W. Anderson
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Self-Organize
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Empower your co-workers
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Be a leader
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Support each other
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Grow
& Learn
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Stretch
Our Comfort
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Avoid making decisions
based on fear or greed.
Focus on what feels
right and helps the
people in your life.
– Carl Smith
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Stretch Your Comfort
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Break habit
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Don’t let fear interfere
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Work with a friend
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Embrace
Constraints
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1 Use Fewer Resources
2 Create Regulations
3 Remove Distractions
4 Self-Organize
5 Stretch Your Comfort
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Do not confuse
working within
constraints with
making sacrifices.
– Kristian Bjørnard
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