The Productivity
Behind Flexibility -
Remodeling Your
House
Have you ever
remodeled your
house? Normally
this includes the
top two changes;
that of a new
kitchen and
bathroom, but there
is more. Especially
when you have got an
old house and your
urge to make changes
in the living room
is limited by the
number of available
wall plugs, or the
restriction of
changing the
location of the
washing machine
because there is no
water available in
other rooms.
Old houses that
haven’t been
maintained for a
long time will offer
this scenario; you
would like to keep
the change as simple
as possible, but
when planning the
renovation of a
kitchen you will
come across an
infrastructure that
doesn’t fit with new
demands. There is a
lack of electricity
plugs and not only
in the kitchen,
there are still some
old traditional
plumber water pipes,
there is only one
television
connection, one
cable, no
internet-network. Ok
this last is solved
by a mobile
connection these
days, but the rest
you have to do first
before finishing the
nice stuff.
When planning for a
business change, it
is also likely that
you will come across
old infrastructures
you have to renew
before you can
implement new
features.
Infrastructure is
what enables your
business. The
problem with infra
is that no matter
how much effort and
money you put in it,
you retrieve only
that what you use.
Each investment in
infra is only
retrieved by the
business you
generate from it.
That’s’ why infra is
normally undersized
when designed.
Back to the house.
Providers of
equipment and
appliances have also
anticipated in
making their
equipment more
flexible; There are
wireless phones,
wireless internet ,
television and
condensed drying
machines that you
can place anywhere
in the house. Same
as air conditioners.
But not all
appliances have
these flexibility
options.
Bottom line. The
more infra, the more
flexible. But it
requires an
investment higher
than the bare
minimum of a single
connection for TV,
internet and cable.
Only when you want
to change you will
experience that your
infra is not
flexible enough.
Flexibility is a
productive
investment you have
to plan. And you
have to make this
investment before
you will be able to
reap the benefits in
a possible future.
© 2007 Hans Bool
Hans Bool writes
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and change. If you
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