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Are “best practices” really best?

March 5, 2020 by Mike Russell Leave a Comment

Best practices aren't best for everyone

Maybe, but often not for everyone.

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Why?

First, if everyone else are doing the “best practices,” you will have no differentiation.

Second, if best practices are picked off a menu, or worse yet, different menus, you are likely to end up with what a client CEO called “a dog’s dinner” … a hash of not very appetizing stuff to us. And quite possibly stuff that really doesn’t work well together or at all, or not for your situation, making things worse.

Third, read this LinkedIn post by colleague Tom Meloche:

What is your approach to best practices?

I suggest you make explicit decisions about what best practices to use, if any, and how best to introduce and integrate them for synergy … then check to see if you are getting the results you expected.

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