[ Categorise ]

A basic, often overlooked, need within organisations, in order to function efficiently, is categorisation and standardisation of what it does. Successful businesses have successfully categorised, simplified, and standardised.

Categorisation and standardisation applies to information storage, the findability of that information, the procedures, processes and outputs of a business.  Useful categories and standardised processes allows newcomers (and oldtimers) to identify, manage, retrieve, and connect knowledge within the business. 

No doubt it’s kind of boring to think about. And there’s a logical thought that being too standardised will inhibit innovation. On the contrary:  standardisation can provide a stable launching point for innovation.