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What do you associate with process management?
Hi Reader,
What do you associate with process management?
For me, it is probably a special case, because it is my daily companion in everything with a human-centric reference, and I do research and learn something new about it every day. So I associate it with excitement, anticipation, etc.. 🚀
But let’s not kid ourselves, only a small number of people associate BPM with such feelings (I hope and believe that a large part of this community does, that’s why I love the exchange with you!).
The next point that comes to my mind, and maybe to many of yours: complexity, big business, structures… 🏢
I talked about this very thing in the latest episode of New Process Podcast with Gia Thi Nguyen. Feel free to check it out:
| Change and transformation in complex organizations |
But it doesn’t have to be that way!
I recently had an interesting encounter with a professional photographer. My wife and I wanted to get some nice family photos taken with our kids. 📸
We got to talking about our jobs and what we do. And what I found really interesting was that she writes down all of her processes as a freelance photographer. Her purpose: If something happens, a possible replacement is prepared for everything and can pick up the clients right away.
It made me realize once again: BPM doesn’t always require weeks of process modeling in different departments in big businesses. ☝🏻
Often it helps, as the photographer described, to take some time to think about your own content and processes - for a potential substitute, for your own structure, for help from others - because time is often the most valuable thing you can save in self-employment.
I want to use this as a starting point to pay more attention to my own processes in the next few weeks.
What about you guys? Are you self-employed or in a small business and have your processes documented or even modeled?
I would love to hear your thoughts on this!
Thank you for reading. 🚀
Have a great day!
Mirko
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