As a friend was assembling his new office chair, he saw that the arms of the chair were packaged in different colors of bubble wrap. While it seemed odd at first, it later occurred to him that the intentional distinction made a lot of sense. It made the inspection easier to ensure that one of each arm was included, and it alerted the consumer that there was a difference between the two arms for assembly.
Something so simple, yet helpful on multiple fronts.
Do you have a point of frequent confusion in your organizational system that could be eliminated with an equally simplistic fix? Put two similar documents on different colored paper. Turn the paper to landscape for one form. Make your signs in different shapes to draw attention. Or, use two colors of bubble wrap for chair assembly.
Your solution doesn’t have to be lofty to be effective.
Thanks, John!
