Simplify the Ecosystem


If you operate within our own personal life / work / technology ecosystem, and the ecosystems are made up of hundreds (if not thousands) of factors and elements, what would your experience be like if you simplifed effectively?

An Apple setup working by a consultant’s standards is very different from your Apple setup working enjoyably by your standards.

The measure of any consultant’s success would be you reporting that you’re having a more enjoyable experience of the simplified ecosystem. Now, imagine if you even got a 30-day warranty guaranteeing that experience

You get more done, you worry less, you feel like you’re in the zone, you get home earlier. Life is good.

Simple.

 

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Your Experience of the IT Ecosystem


I believe any environment where people and technology coexist could be viewed as an ecosystem, made up of factors and elements that will be common across all such ecosystems.

If you have one person who has a Mac and an iPhone and who works out of a Starbucks, the ecosystem elements will be similar to those found in an office that has 25 people with two Macs each, a server, iPhones, and a bunch of web systems in use.

On the surface, you’re just dealing with some pieces of hardware, some software, the people, and a physical location.

When you look more closely and start asking questions, however, there’s a lot more going on.

Some of the elements universal to any ecosystem (and I’m sure there are more I’m not thinking of):

  • • What each person wants (or needs) to do; in general, in terms of what results they want
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