[ Shoe Ha! Re- ]

A Japanese martial art concept to describe the stages of learning is “Shu Ha Ri” (learn, detach, transcend).  I’ve English-ised it into “Shoe Ha! Re-“. 

The Shoe/Shu step is ‘by the book’, where we repeat the known steps.  Shoes on the ground. 

With Ha!, we start making changes and improvements, achieving the same outcome by different means. Ah Ha! I can do that repetitive calculation by putting it into an excel spreadsheet.

In the Re/Ri step we depart from the book, completely re-writing the way to do the task. Innovation and creativity, sticking to the requirements but ‘re-inventing’ the way.