In this solo episode, Bradley Hamner continues the operating system series by applying the KonMari method to the files scattered across a growing business. He works through the six principles from Marie Kondo's book on tidying up and maps each one onto the work of documenting how a company actually runs.
Bradley covers the commitment required to systemize once and for all, why the vision for the business has to come before any documentation, how to gather assets by category rather than by department, and why owners should organize the documents they already own before building new ones. He also explains where every document eventually lands, in the twelve playbooks that make up the operating system.
This episode moves past file management and into what the clutter costs. What happens to a business when the process lives only in the owner's head or a key employee's? What actually sparks joy here, a tidy folder structure or four days away without the company needing you? And which documents already sitting in your business have value you have not recognized? If you are ready to get the business out of your head and into documentation, this episode is for you.
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Resources
Read the book behind the method, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
Listen to the episode, Operating System Foundational Best Practices
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