A Service Design Principle for better decision making
When I present an offer for my consulting services, I often show the “Do nothing option”. In this option, I show the benefits of not working with me.
"You’ll save 8K and about 5 hours of preparation work by not doing that project”.
Sometimes stopping to do something is also a pretty strategic move. It can be smart to stop because we are certainly already overworked. Doing nothing will bring you back to a more normal life.
What if the next time you were evaluating options on how to continue with a project, you would say: let’s not do anything!
We often forget to do this because it’s so simple and obvious, but the impact is still pretty significant.
Little side notes
- This is the second draft of this Service Design Principle.
- I was able to reduce the lengths by 47.34% compared to the first version.
- Once adapted, even more, this principle will be part of the book "Service Design Principles 201-300"
- As always feel free to share comments, feedback or personal stories to improve this principle.