Creatives
(writers, marketers, entrepreneurs)
know that the spare time,
slack,
is often the most creative time.
It is valuable.
Slack is valuable for organizations also.
“The magic of slack
(a little extra time in the chain,
a few extra dollars in the bank)
is that it gives you
the resources to stop
and avoid a problem
or fix it when it’s small.
The over-optimized organization
misunderstands the value of slack,
so it always waits
until something is a screaming emergency,
because it doesn’t think
it has a moment to spare.”
Ensure there’s some slack in your organization
and in your day.