Have you watched the movie The Founder with Michael Keaton?
It’s all about McDonald’s—the hundred billion dollar company that’s arguably responsible for systematizing the fast food industry.
The McDonald’s franchise works in a way that anyone can go in and implement their exact proven system, and they’ll have a high chance of succeeding. They can also hire almost anyone to work in any McDonald’s kitchen and following a systematic set of procedures, that person can produce the same food every time.
You don’t have to be McDonald’s or some other huge corporation to utilize systems.
A system is a set of processes, tools, people, and strategies that all work together to solve a problem or achieve a goal.
Seriously, it’s no secret systems and SOP's aren’t exactly the sexiest of business topics.
BUT if you are someone who doesn’t have those things in your business and had to learn the hard way how much your business really, really, really needs those things…
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