Yves Morieux: As work gets more complex, 6 rules to simplify

Why do people feel so miserable and disengaged at work? Because today's businesses are increasingly and dizzyingly complex -- and traditional pillars of management are obsolete, says Yves Morieux. So, he says, it falls to individual employees to navigate the rabbit's warren of interdependencies. In this energetic talk, Morieux offers six rules for "smart simplicity." (Rule One: Understand what your colleagues actually do.)
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[@rr1309]

I listened to this talk 6 years ago and set up my business based on his advice. They are spot on. I come back and rewatch this roughly every 9 months to remind myself how great this talk is. Business is booming btw ;-)

[@JEB-CCQ]

Trop bien

[@nuzhatrahman1354]

6 Rules: 1. Understand what others do (the big picture) 2. Reinforce integrators (managers) 3. Empower ppl to do their work 4. Expose them to future consequences of their work 5. Increase reciprocity 6. Reward those who cooped and penalise those who don't

[@lethargic_cow]

"The real battles is against ourselves." So true! Great talk!!

[@lollertoaster]

Watching TED I'm so used to hearing about awesome future stuff, I forgot how important some actual issues are. I hope people up there hear about this guy.

[@metzgergine]

well, i'm French, so I can tell you that oral in our classes, oral english speaks are not pushed to be practiced till college years, so we have a few great people that have that kind of accent... Don't be afraid, this guy has great ideas...

[@shandor2522]

This was shown at work today and Yves blew my mind. I expected Simon Sinek platitudes with a French accent. Instead, we got Peter Drucker wisdom spoken with passion!

[@RedWinePlease]

Thought provoking. Makes much sense. I came thru the ranks in a corporation and see the ineffectiveness of functional silos and managing by KPI's. I may be off base, but his simple 6 rules are the core of military effectiveness: > "Understand what your people do" --- Individuals are trained and selected to perform one or more roles. > "Reinforce integrators: --- Strategy, tactics, construct teams as mission requires > "Increase total quantity of power" --- Team leadership has power to act at the tactical level when the situation changes to ensure mission success. > "Extend the shadow of the future" --- Reinforce the importance of the mission above all else. > "Increase reciprocity" --- You watch my six and I'll watch yours. No man left behind. > "Reward those who cooperate" --- Recognize those that perform courageously. Promote individuals that keep to mission while protecting teammates.

[@danieltorresdeluna4844]

😣

[@leusmaximusx]

whats wrong with KPIs , care to elaborate please ? I'm in the process of selecting KPIs for engineering design of my practice. Thanks

[@id2273]

Quite simply, one of the best TED Talks ever. The insight here is utterly brilliant. I use this this talk to really push postgrad students to think and critically analyse. There is so much in this 12 minutes. Talk about content rich! If only business leaders would listen.

[@jerryke4997]

Very inspiring! Although I cannot change my company management policy, I applied the basic rules to my own deparment, they are really improving the efficiency of organization.

[@Mr_Waffle.]

Really enjoyed that. I remember a while ago at my old job we'd bitch and moan about some paperwork never being the way we wanted it. Eventually we got a manager who sat down and found out what we didn't like, went to the people who first created the paperwork before it came to us, and they said it was that way because that's how they thought WE wanted it! So once we became more aware of each other's needs and actually communicated, we could refine our business practices and not hate each other nearly as much, haha.

[@tamendua25]

He speaks to me from the very heart. He makes it to the point which makes our working lives so difficult.

[@luzimzo]

This guy is PHENOMENAL!

[@DEEPAKGOODWILLS]

Discovered it towards the mid-2018, still a gem to have discovered. Thanks Yves Sir

[@devwreck192]

going out on a limb here - i think he's french

[@devwreck192]

***** dammit.

[@waterfallgmail]

I think this is why the open source and Maker communities are such a 'breath of fresh air' compared to corporate environments I've worked in. They stress transparency, collaboration, meritocracy, accountability, etc. which lines up well with this thesis. Some 'bones' will always be necessary, but the 'nervous system' organizational structure is what needs to be emphasized and nurtured.

[@libbyrobinson4275]

Bar none, this was the BEST TEDx talk I have seen - and I have seen many. This is perfectly applicable to our work and I am most grateful. Merci beaucoup.

[@michaelchoki2133]

This is great. More than what I expect to learn from someone with a hard accent to understand at first

[@jazsueloify]

this man is the bomb and he is spot on

[@greenparadise2]

wow this guy is hard core! It's like hearing a speech before going to battle

[@IRMentat]

I liked because if the seeming distain used when accenting the components of the "soft approach" I favourited because there was a good point well explained with good examples.

[@phillipgo6475]

This talk had been my business bible since I viewed it. No BS ... straightforward in 12:01 minutes...Love it !!!, Thanks, Yves Morieux

[@seededsoul]

How has it worked out for you?

[@AndreaRamirez-xm1tm]

excelente visión para entender la verdadera razón de que el cambio no esta en los métodos y procedimiento desde fuera sino en nuestra propia complejidad.

[@user-qq9cd8si2h]

I didn't know about management much. But after I watched this video, I can know that people have thought that the management has two pillar : hard ans soft. The hard pillar has structure and so on. And the soft pillar has feeling, preferance and so on. But Yves Morieux said the make management complicated. So he said we need interaction : cooperation. I agree his opinion. Because a company is not managed by one person. So we need interaction when we manage the company. And Yves Morieux said that we can't do better than using smart Simplicity. So if i manage a company, I will use this method.

[@JulieDownsborough]

For seven years I worked in an organisation with this mindset, the engagement and productivity was phenomenal.

[@AnimalAce]

8:47 now that is a great screensaver!

[@ultimaterc]

Subbed version here: www.ted.com/talks/yves_morieux_as_work_gets_more_complex_6_rules_to_simplify.html Not sure why it isn't in the description.

[@XYOdin]

not sure why you need it

[@zedek_]

Cannahuana While I could understand him, I also acknowledge that his accent is very strong. To someone who is not used to this kind of accent, it would be extremely difficult to understand the vast majority of the video. Hell, if you look down in the comments, there are even native French speakers that are saying they are having trouble understanding.

[@ultimaterc]

Cannahuana It's not about need, it's about want and availability.

[@finalbattle777]

Cannahuana stop being so butt hurt about it.

[@TheFlamePhoenix]

Wow, thanks man, I really needed this. His accent is "unique" at best! Thanks for making it easier to understand his message !

[@wiffleblat]

I didn't have any problem understanding him. Unfortunately, even if it were in plain English, my bosses wouldn't understand it.

[@trinitheo1]

I believe that it is their business training that holds religious importance to managers and bosses.

[@TheLin28]

這法國顧問講得真好! 有熱情、有見地，他的舉例可見他一定深入過大企業(尤其是汽車廠)做顧問案，因此舉例用詞都是職場上常見的真槍實彈案例。他勇於挑戰繁文縟節，提出他的6 Simple Rules. 欣賞! -- 尤其是他的衣著品味，YM，你那合身的西裝外套飄起時顯現出的紅色內襯，美呢。

[@SelthBlackwings]

it's interesting to see that my workplace is halfway stuck in old techniques and these techniques

[@sarahteh8285]

Can totally relate to it. I know those pillar don't work, experienced it. Now, how to practice it. Sigh, gotta read the book!

[@NeverStoppedSinging]

I just loove his spirit!

[@romyjugroo4542]

Hi, Many efficient and productive workers are more than happy to offer help but,their ego will, sometimes, refrain them from asking for help,and the reverse is quite common among lazy ones,in my opinion.Reward performance,great talk.

[@MichaelPaoli]

Pretty much spot on - except it's *also* about competition with other businesses/entities - at least for most. But yes, much/most of what typically needs to be done and addressed, is within the organization and not a matter of external competition.

[@lostthe80s]

Super guy - very practical and very well presented !

[@whereeveritgoes]

This talk and a book called 'Insanely Simple' by Ken Segall, such a great read.

[@hjagaty]

Fantastic talk.. Wonderful.

[@manardakrory6284]

woooooooow ... Amazing presentation...... Thanks for sharing.

[@PMusicasMix]

Very nice!

[@alexandrabastos3095]

Maravilhosa palestra.

[@LloydieP]

Awesome talk!

[@Red_Proton]

That's awesome! Loved it!

[@valkiryue]

Very motivating concepts, but it'd be great if you guys would put some subtitles :/ even as a French speaker, that was a bit challenging to understand

[@zer01ife]

click on the about. there is subtitles there

[@rr1309]

Probably because you are a French speaker and he is speaking in English ;-)

[@Mozartvilanova]

Very good! Let's simplify!

[@aamirjungshahi8091]

Thank you to My Prof. OLY . Its Amazing!

[@JuanPedroCorica]

Great talk

[@scottrbrtsn]

Some great business advice...

[@cristiansteeple]

this is great!

[@AdrianJoldis]

Amazing !

[@Knarta]

Awesome talk. But i can't believe I use to sound like that just a few years ago, neither how can someone have such a good vocabulary, but an accent this strong

[@mshmbo]

Dear Sir, you are magnificent.

[@TheSLme]

Amazing.

[@pervontoast]

Good talk! but in practise how would we make it work? is there an example already of a business that does cooperate in such a manner??

[@LanttuLoL]

Gotta love the accent

[@zes3813]

wrongx

[@PoxikFrostbite]

I'm currently a senior in college, and I feel sorry for anyone who works for a company designed around the old "pillars of management" theories. Understanding them is good, but building a rigid structure around anything in business today is madness. Things are going to get really personal, really fast.

[@PoxikFrostbite]

***** actually, I have six years of working experience all across the country, including the military. Perhaps you would like to see my resume? I would suggest that in the future you refrain from dismissing other's comments without being fully aware of the circumstances. It just discredits anything you say, which can be bad for your image on the Internet which never forgets.

[@RockMrBass]

#LeoWalkerisadick

[@FrozenAmy]

wow! I never knew I could speak french! and I thought I didn't catch anything from my school french! :) lol

[@shkarandikar]

Great one for management

[@IKSinArabic]

Take a list of least corrupt countries and try to find any poor country there.

[@secondjoint]

This is so true!!!!!

[@MrArcaro1]

excellent

[@ujean56]

Excellent talk and extremely hard to argue against. Unfortunately, a majority of companies, especially in North America, have found that management by spreadsheet & KPI, forces cooperation enough to increase productivity dramatically. There isn't much incentive to change and such work environments make lay-offs, and wage cutbacks much easier to accept.

[@liquidminds]

When your salary as a manager depends on other people believing that the tons of statistics you make every day are something extremely valuable, you do not really have any incentive to prove it is different.

[@atlin1142]

great idea.

[@Thankful305]

Yup! I hear one common thread ...the old adage...."Work smarter not harder"

[@ujean56]

I wonder if a major cause of disengagement could come from "full-time" employee's knowledge that no matter how much they contribute to their organization's operations, they will be asked at some point to work for less money, or they will be shuffled out the door like so much old furniture because an executive has made a decision that benefits investors. Perhaps the problem of engagement is the severance of productivity from performance brought on by "globalization" and the current craze of management by spreadsheet.

[@9gager87]

Awesome

[@joghaella9500]

Man, when I hear the acronym "KPI", my eye twitches. *call center experience side effect*

[@lorenzopeschi5518]

it all sounds pretty good ! so why averagely companies still prefer to keep complicated ?

[@lgreengo525]

Could definitely use subtitles...really can't even understand enough to get the gist.

[@aibekzhangaliyev1429]

This guys speaks very good accent without any English. Impressed!

[@TruthSerum101]

Where is the interpreter from the Mandela funeral when you need him?

[@judywheeler7890]

Great talk, just turn on the transcipt

[@visamap]

Thank u all

[@fzghandour]

Impressing...

[@darkstar7742]

Unfortunately no corporation will listen to this, without measuring it as a metric

[@wHisperis001]

If you listen closely you can hear that he speaks some english in this

[@user-kp5ps7gj8b]

lol

[@NishantBhaskar]

yeah..he predominantly speaks French!

[@wojciechwandelt7153]

The critical introduction sounds quite inspiring but I wonder if the last 4 mins outline a complete solution or simply an approach? For example items like "reinforce integrators" are already present in the industry. Solution to any problem lies primarily in the substance and not the titles of execution. To me it all sounds a bit like "TV marketing".

[@thijsjong]

Can we adapt this model to work in goverment services too? Businessmodels are doing more harm in government agencies then in businesses. Caused by the worst elements of businessmodels while also mantaining the worst elements of government bureaucracy. I see old anglo-saxon business-school methods and spreadsheet management ruin public schools and nursing homes with their ice cold performance calculations and benchmark obsessions. Those organisations lose touch with the interests of the individual pupil or patient. It is all about benchmarks/accreditations and sweeping problems under the rug.

[@LanceWinslow]

Get Happy People!

[@RogerBrowne]

Forget the corporate grindmill. Self-employed entrepreneurship for the win!

[@ImBrendanNotBrandon]

IDK WHAT YOURE ALL TALKING ABOUT. I UNDERSTOOD EVERYTHING HE SAID. ... then again I am a French major D: and he speaks english better than half my professors.

[@johmarie7]

It sounds cute! But I don´t understand half of it.

[@IllusionistsBane]

When he brought up the Game Theory, it reminds me that video games have figured out how to make people cooperate best, and that sadly management fails to take lessons from it.

[@johnc5258]

I liked this before I even watched it.

[@chaz-e]

Am loving his accent! xD

[@Moonsabie]

super

[@dhanashennaidoo6765]

1. Brilliant - I wish more Orgs would have the vision to integrate some or all of this into practice. 2. Its a French accent. Get used to it. There are subtitles. Stop complaining over simple stuff.

[@zes3813]

2no

[@karenhatler9622]

BRAVO!!!

[@Jared-Pace]

This is epic.

[@ericniehaus2447]

Man, this would be a great time for me to think of something clever. Oh well.

[@SamAllycashflow]

Good share, what does this tell you? Can a corporation accomplish this?

[@haganm55555]

So if I understand our structure (company) correctly, it's all shiny on the outside but... - Scenario : You: Make suggestion, complain, refuse something on grounds of basic human rights...Anything really. Company/Management : Notices you (not good), utter scrutiny, constant checkups"training"/ performance reviews, find weakest area of kpa (even if all are really high/good), maximize capitalization on said "weakness"/ disciplinary steps (that will eventually lead to dismissal). Once they have collected enough fabricated(so to speak) "evidence". You are then given a hearing (chance to resign or get dismissed). Resign and you might get another job somewhere else or get dismissed and receive all the benefits(company payout) but almost no chance of getting into another company. It's really very unpleasant I must say. .....end of rant.

[@IliyanBobev]

makes sense.

[@jaydeeleven1981]

:) good ideas

[@MitchStoffels]

This is worth listening to, just for the accent XD

[@chuckrice8496]

Read the book "Good Profit" - what a way to grow a successful, profitable 100 billion dollar company where the value systems and character of each employee are the first focus.

[@saitenotoshuitsnaini]

Okay, where's the transcript

[@ahmadajlan]

Blame is not for failure, it's for failing to help or ask for help.

[@LeonidasGGG]

BOSS! :O

[@sargent4465]

This Mr talks in Charming English

[@gariksuess7655]

The automatic captions feature thinks that he is actually speaking french. :D

[@Duc2B]

Le fond est intéressant, mais la mise en pratique dans certaines entreprises ou domaines peut être utopique...

[@Bl4z3fish]

You had me right up to "reinforce integrators" which just smacked of meaningless business speak.

[@zyzo99]

Love that accent))

[@estellec3874]

Et dire qu'on nous massacre sur notre accent en école de commerce... En voyant ça je me sens moins complexée ! (Vidéo à montrer à mon prof d'anglais en tous cas)