https://mikebonem.com/should-we-use-cookie-cutters/ consultant, coach, speaker, author Tue, 10 Jun 2014 15:20:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://mikebonem.com/should-we-use-cookie-cutters/#comment-77 Tue, 10 Jun 2014 15:20:37 +0000 http://mikebonem.com/?p=1761#comment-77 This is a tension that I am frequently struggling with. I am naturally a change-agent who thinks of how to improve things and break boxes. But sometimes I am hesitant to make change in some environments if it will mow people down. Using cookie cutters is very much contextual: some environments sniff the usage of the cookie cutter and believe that it is “unoriginal” and thus not authentic, resulting in low trust. I work in an organization that values high transferability, but once a generation has passed and the new generation has low buy-in on the transferred cookie cutter methods, then they chuck it out and try to do their own thing all over again.
I think we live in a culture that values originality rather than cookie cutter approaches (the people). The corporations and organizations value cookie cutters, but then over-use and abuse them into robotic mechanisms. Take this for example https://twitter.com/russmartin/status/474956361500200961 . Somehow there’s gotta be a balance?
You’re right that we all make mistakes in both sides. How does one develop the wisdom to know when to employ a specific technique?

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