Out of Mind, Out of Sight (15 Dec 2003)

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Out of Mind, Out of Sight (15 Dec 2003)
When my friend Michael started at his current company, he asked about the number of approvals required to make what seemed to him to be minor design adaptations. He learned that a decade earlier, the company's major product line was in a regulated industry. So, even though the company had abandoned that product and wasn't subject to regulation anymore, the legacy of regulation remained.

The newcomer's perspective can be a wake-up call. Choices that made sense at one time may have outlived their
usefulness. Sometimes our explanations for why we do things the way we do can be a reminder that it doesn't have to be that way. Then we can choose again, if what we're doing no longer fits.

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