[Consultant's Tool Box] According to Weinberg, things that are not worth doing are not worth doing properly.

Roughly speaking

1. The book by engineer and management consultant Gerald Weinberg is interesting.
2. Wish wand. If you can't speak your true feelings, try to say your true feelings.
3. Laws related to time. Cary's garbage warning. Things that are not worth doing are not worth doing properly.

Weinberg, familiar to engineers

Today we'd like to introduce Weinberg's "Consultant's Tool Box."

He is a management consultant who is familiar to engineers, but he may not be that well known among the business side.

In a nutshell, his book is a modern version of Ikkyu.

It introduces various problems discovery and solving processes that everyone tends to fall into, using modest examples.

His phrase is also unique and is known as Weinberg's singular, and is interesting.

Famous books include "Consultant's Tool Box," as well as Is the light on? - The human science of problem discovery (Kyoritsu Publishing).

This is a collection of Ikkyu's stories. It contains a wealth of examples of how to use your tact to solve various problems.

The title "Does the lights have on?" is Ikkyu's solution to how to tell the lights to be turned on in the tunnel. Please check the book for details. The scales fall from my eyes.

Wish Wand

This time, we will introduce two tools from the "Consultant's Tool Box" that can solve problems that many people are worried about.

The first is the wand of wishes.

This indicates that you have the right to say what you really mean.

No, in fact, it may be more of an obligation than a right.

If your boss doesn't understand what your subordinates really want, you will not be able to solve any problems that could have been solved.

In fact, this Wand of Wish begins with a conversation between Jerry, a subordinate named Mel and a superior.

Jerry realizes that Mel has no desire for the truth and urges her to say the truth. As a result, Mel can eliminate potential risks and things go well.

For example, let's say development is delayed and it needs to be extended by one month. Many subordinates may wish that this would take 2-3 weeks at this time, but the development will not be completed because it is actually lacking.

Rather, if the expected value is lowered, subordinates will experience unfair evaluations.

In order to convey the truth to your boss and customers, Weinberg is working to properly consult with them, imagining the wand of wishes.

The most dangerous situation is when the facts are unknown. Everyone has something to think of.

Things that aren't worth doing are not worth doing properly

The story of how to apply time and strength, which is also familiar to work techniques, also appears as an important feature in the consultant's toolbox.

Weinberg introduces Carey's garbage warning.

After leaving the Sacred School window, I went to work in computer-related work, and then started writing computer-related writing.
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After publishing several technical books, people were asked to do the criticism job that he had once given up thanks to Professor Freebull.
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I received a technical book manuscript and check from my editor, Cary Baker, and I responded with comments to improve the manuscript. These manuscripts incorporate all my suggestions and corrections into them, and they have now become three books, and I have become a great source of my talent. However, even with my talent, there was nothing I could do about Cary's fourth manuscript.
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First of all, the writer has no idea about the content. Secondly, I don't know how to write sentences either. It was such a terrible manuscript that it was a thrilling experience. I felt a sadistic joy of shattering it. At the time, I lived in Greenwich Village, so I headed out to the blue-green McGraw Hill Tower with a 42-page blockbuster.
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I couldn't help but want Carey to praise her right in front of me. However, he was not praised. On the contrary, Carey lifted up the tightly typodged stack of paper with her left hand and asked, "What is this?" "Comment on the example manuscript." I replied with confidence. Cary glanced at the last page. "42 pages? In that manuscript?" "I was trying to make it perfect." "So they even put a load of garbage on the garbage. Two lines like this are enough."
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Finally, I learned that Reading's reading laws apply to anything. This generalized rule was called "Cary's garbage warning."
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Things that are not worth doing are not worth doing properly.
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If we put it in a way that is closer to what Carey himself said, it turns out to be:
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Don't put on garbage.

No matter how much time you spend on something that isn't worth doing, it's a waste.

The important thing is to spend time with a lever in mind, and you need to check every day to see if your efforts are leading to results.

And it's a waste to create a document that's not useful anyway, so it's not something to do at all.