{"id":1242,"date":"2020-05-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ericaleeconsulting.com\/bring-in-the-experts-or-solve-it-ourselves\/"},"modified":"2020-05-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T04:00:00","slug":"bring-in-the-experts-or-solve-it-ourselves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onwardbusinessmechanics.com\/staging\/4922\/bring-in-the-experts-or-solve-it-ourselves\/","title":{"rendered":"Bring in the experts or solve it ourselves?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Call in the experts OR solve it ourselves?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DY6GpqE5D-g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption> <br> <br>Erica reflects on how a knowledge gap used to be the way consultants made money, and how that has changed. <br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> Bring in the experts or solve it ourselves? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> We&#8217;re pretty good at solving problems, in operations.  It&#8217;s kind of our thing:  find it, solve it, rinse, repeat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Certain problems persist though, despite the best efforts of our people.  Frustrations abound as we try out solution after solution &#8212; but the issue keeps happening. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It may be very tempting at this point, for an industrial leader to call up an expert to come in and fix it.  You know these types of consultants &#8212; tons of experience, lots of connections, not a problem they haven&#8217;t solved under the sun. They are the expert!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Thing is, these experts may lack the context you have for why these problems matter, and the motivation and ownership to solve them permanently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>  What&#8217;s more, the knowledge gap that made them valuable in the first place is a lot smaller than it used to be &#8212; a little thing called the internet is responsible there!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> What if I told you that, even if they are struggling to solve every problem now, your people are totally capable of expanding their capacity?   (How?  Message me &#8212; I&#8217;d love to explain!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> When you invest in your people instead of external experts, you build momentum and confidence.  You keep the knowledge in-house and you grow your own experts.  What do you think of that? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bring in the experts or solve it ourselves? We&#8217;re pretty good at solving problems, in operations. It&#8217;s kind of our thing: find it, solve it, rinse, repeat. Certain problems persist though, despite the best efforts of our people. Frustrations abound as we try out solution after solution &#8212; but the issue keeps happening. 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