Strategy as subtraction
Leidy Klotz
An engineer who studies how people improve systems. With Gabrielle Adams, Benjamin Converse and Andrew Hales, he investigated why useful subtractive changes are overlooked.
Independent educational case study. No affiliation or endorsement implied.
LKCAA / 04
CORE FRAMEWORK · ORIGINAL SUMMARY
Ask what can be removed before adding another solution.
Reverse-engineer. Don’t idolize.
What the herd copied
Adding simplification projects on top of existing work.
What actually worked
Deliberately cueing the search for subtraction.
What survives
Make removal a visible option in company decisions.
Use it Monday at work
Make a company decision.
Take one company approval process. Test a removal option and record the hours freed.
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