How to Get Your Ideas Approved to Simplify Work

Have you ever spent a large amount of time explaining your idea to your boss just to find they just can’t see the value of your idea? After awhile most people stop pitching ideas because they will just get rejected. By using this tried and tested formula you will have the power to get your boss to see the value of your improvement ideas. Thus, getting what you want to simplify your work day.

If you improve a process by taking out steps and save one minute per day you will save 4.3 hours per year at work. That is half of a shift! Now if you save one minute per day for 50 people at work that comes up to 215 hours saved per year for the company. Understanding that there is an investment of time and money to make improvements happen. You will want to show how fast your idea will give a pay back.

First you will want to add up the time spent working on the improvement in hours. If you spent money on the improvement, have one dollar equal one minute and add that to your time invested in hours. Take your hours saved per year and minus the time it takes to complete the improvement project. This will give you your total hours saved this year. It’s better to stay away from talking about money when talking with team members.

Now for the pay back calculation, take the time it takes to complete the improvement project and divide the time saved per month. To get the time saved per month divide your total time saved by 12. If your answer is a one that tells us that it will take one month before we actually start saving time.

This formula will give you leverage to get the time and money to make the changes you want at work. To make it easier to see, take a look at the formula. If you have any questions just gave me a call and let me know how I can help.