Seven wastes of negotiation: Difference between revisions

*'''{{wasteprov|Motion}}''': The longer and more convoluted a contract is the longer it takes to read, understand, comment on and conclude. All other things being equal, any unnecessary formal complexity will add time and effort to the job. Short, utilitarian, Spartan contracts. Easy to handle. Robust.  

*'''{{wasteprov|Defects}}''': Products that don’t work as billed and which may require replacement or re-tooling. Consider the factors that lead to defects: complexity in the product design and manufacturing process. Which is more likely to break down, and what would you rather fix: a Range Rover Evoque, or a 1982 [[Toyota Hilux]]?

===On machines, humans, and the relations between===

Here is wisdom, taken directly from the Toyota site, which you might think explains the dissatisfaction of [[reg-tech]] and [[outsourcing]]:

Now you have people not only with detailed — ''unparalleled'' — [[Subject matter expert|expertise]] in the conduct of your [[Negotiation|contractual negotiations]], and they are as well-disposed to eliminating crushing [[tedium]] from their professional existences as you are, ''if only you’d let them'': your [[negotiator|negotiators]]. Instead of imposing a the fantastical schemes of some glib [[management consultant|management consultancy outfit]] on these poor people, how about offering them some tools to sort it out for themselves?

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* [[Innovation]] and the [[innovation paradox]]

*[[A faster horse - technology article]]

*{{wasteprov|Cost}}

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