

You have to open the fridge, put your item away and then close the fridge door. For example, cold food storage in a fridge is a 3-Step process.

The reason we say “as close to 1-Step” as possible is that it’s not always possible or wise to winnow something down to 1-Step. Simpler systems also increase the likelihood that others will adhere to them. The less steps a system requires, the easier the system is to use and maintain the more likely you’ll stay organized. Our 1-Step Rule is that whenever possible, try to winnow down any organization system you create or use as close to 1-Step as possible. Well, so are organizational systems that are so complex that the average person isn’t going to adhere to them. A military jet aircraft that can’t be easily repaired by an average mechanic under combat conditions is pretty much useless. Now with the actual KISS principle, the “stupid” refers to the relationship between the way things break and the sophistication required to repair them, i.e., it’s not saying someone is stupid. The story goes that Johnson gave a team of design engineers a bunch of tools and challenged them to design a jet aircraft that an average mechanic in the field could repair under combat conditions using only those bunch of tools. The KISS principle is that systems work best when they’re simple instead of complicated. Navy in 1960, and attributed to an aircraft engineer named Kelly Johnson. KISS is a design principle noted by the U.S. It tacks quite closely to the KISS Principle or “Keep it simple stupid”. It’s the secret to successfully organizing anything and it eliminates quite a few organization battles between different personality types. BUT, to stay within the parameters of this query, I always answer “Our 1-Step Rule”.
#Keep it simple stupid plus#
Naturally after a decade plus of organizing clients, I’ve got more than one piece of advice. During podcast and radio interviews, we’re often asked if there is one piece of organizational advice we could give someone, what would it be.
