STRATEGY & OPERATIONS
Operations
Making the day-to-day machinery of a business run smoothly and efficiently.
Useful strengths
- organising systems
- solving problems
- staying calm under pressure
Skills to develop
- process mapping
- tooling fluency
- project coordination
Possible entry points
- own one recurring process and improve it
Questions to investigate
- Do you like fixing what's broken, or building what doesn't exist yet?
BEFORE YOU CHOOSE
WHAT IT INVOLVES
Making the day-to-day machinery of a business run smoothly and efficiently.
WHAT YOU MIGHT ENJOY
organising systems and related work most people underestimate.
WHAT YOU MIGHT DISLIKE
The parts furthest from organising systems — worth naming honestly before committing.
EVIDENCE YOU'D NEED
One completed small project, not a credential, is usually enough to start.
STARTER EXPERIMENT
Map a broken process from start to finish and identify where it loses time.