Do You Create Good Work or Smart Work?
Good work is subjective, smart work is successful. Great ideas and beautiful design work are often judged on the backend of the project by clients and creative teams. Where smart work is judged by ROI after the results are in.
Smart work takes time. Time to think through the problem before we ever get to a solution. Sometimes it even takes more creativity to find the problem than it does to come up with solutions. So make sure that you give yourself enough time on the front end of a project to identify the real problem and then concept a smart solution.
Good work looks nice but often solves the wrong problem. Smart work defines the problem, and then delivers a great solution that drives results.
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Good work, IMO, is the basis for smart work. The problem is very few people really think through their problems, whether that be at home or at work. Most of us start “working” before we start THINKING! Think things through, do a little planning, and suddenly your work will always be “smart”.