Elissa Callahan’s Post

Did you see last month the F1 world pit stop record was broken with a time of 1.80 seconds?  As a self-confessed process nerd, I love watching race strategy, and in particular pit crews. The aim is obviously to remove the need for the pit stop (it’s considered wasted time in terms of the overall aim) – but gee when performing this ‘exception’ process the impact to the goal is minimised and the number of tasks squeezed into 1.80 seconds is quite unbelievable. The quality I love most about high performing pit crews is the clear roles and responsibilities – everyone knows their responsibilities, the responsibilities of those around them and how what they do impacts others. Can you imagine the scene if the wheel crew started trying to jack the car? We know this stuff is important, but our organisations still don’t focus on it (particularly in a time of frequent restructure) and most teams struggle with the fundamentals. Process modelling may seem old hat to some, but the value for me in this activity is the cross functional conversations generated, on what we do, what others do, and how what we do impacts others - all in the name of delivering value.  In a time of hybrid working, it seems facilitating these conversations is more important than ever. #bpm #bpmn #processmanagement https://lnkd.in/gSDZA2ib